Wilson, NC is a small town located in the eastern part of North Carolina. It has a population of just over 50,000 people and is home to many diverse small businesses. The political atmosphere in Wilson, NC is vibrant and active with local elections that draw in a vast number of residents to vote. The current mayor of Wilson is William Jackson, who was elected in 2018 and is an advocate for local communities and businesses. He works tirelessly to expand the economic opportunities for all citizens of Wilson. The city council consists of five members: Mary Mason, Carolyn Johnson, Robert Lee, Phillip Chenault, and Jonathan Browning. They are all dedicated to making positive change for the town's citizens by creating jobs through economic development initiatives and providing quality public services. All these leaders have worked hard to ensure that every citizen's voice is heard when decisions are made about important issues facing the city.
The political climate in Zip 27896 (Wilson, NC) is leaning liberal.
Wilson County, NC is leaning liberal. In Wilson County, NC 50.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained Democratic, 50.9% to 48.1%.
Wilson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27896 (Wilson, NC) is leaning liberal.
Wilson, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilson County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wilson, North Carolina: r r d d d d
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 27896 (Wilson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 340 contributions totaling $39,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $46,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)