The town of Pantego, NC is located in Beaufort county and has a population of just over 1,000. Despite it's small size, Pantego still values political engagement from its citizens. The people of Pantego are active members in the local government processes and regularly vote in elections for important office positions such as Mayor and Town Council Members. Furthermore, local representatives from both major political parties in the area are available to answer questions or provide assistance to residents on any issue related to state or federal politics. With a strong sense of community pride and active engagement in the political process, Pantego is an excellent example of a small town that still cares about politics.
The political climate in Zip 27860 (Pantego, NC) is strongly conservative.
Beaufort County, NC is strongly conservative. In Beaufort County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.6%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27860 (Pantego, NC) is strongly conservative.
Pantego, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Beaufort County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Washington Metro Area is strongly conservative.
North Carolina is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pantego, North Carolina: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27860 (Pantego)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)