Morehead City, NC is a city located in Carteret County with a population of 8,661 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who are responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances. The current mayor of Morehead City is Richard A. White Jr., who was first elected to office in 2015. In addition to the mayor and council members, the city also has a number of appointed officials such as the Town Manager, Police Chief, City Clerk, and Fire Chief that help ensure effective governance within the community. The local elections take place on November 5th each year and feature candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties. Residents of Morehead City have traditionally voted in favor of Democratic candidates but their choice can vary depending on the particular race or candidate. Along with voting for local candidates, residents also have the opportunity to vote on various referendums that shape how their municipality operates. All in all, Morehead City provides its citizens with an array of political opportunities that allow them to participate in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 28557 (Morehead City, NC) is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, NC is very conservative. In Carteret County, NC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carteret county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Carteret county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28557 (Morehead City, NC) is strongly conservative.
Morehead City, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Morehead City Metro Area is very 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.
Morehead City, 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 28557 (Morehead City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 940 contributions totaling $42,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $91,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)