27979 Sunbury, NC is a small town located in the state of North Carolina. It is home to a tight-knit community that is actively involved in local politics. While the town does not have any official local political candidates, its citizens are passionate about making their voices heard and ensuring that their interests are represented at the state and federal levels. In recent years, many initiatives have been proposed by local residents that aim to address issues like economic development, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. With strong support from the community, these proposals have been met with success and continue to shape the future of 27979 Sunbury, NC.
The political climate in Zip 27979 (Sunbury, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Gates County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Gates County, NC 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gates county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.6%.
Gates county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27979 (Sunbury, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Sunbury, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Gates County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Sunbury, North Carolina: D d d d 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 27979 (Sunbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $4,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)