Atkinson, NC, located in 28421, is a small rural town with a population of about 4,000 people. The town has several local organizations and a government that seek to serve the citizens of the town. Local politics are relatively quiet, with elections usually being uncontested and drawing little attention. Residents of Atkinson enjoy a close-knit community atmosphere where their voices are heard and appreciated by their local elected officials. The focus of local politics in 28421 Atkinson is mainly on providing quality services to its residents. Issues such as public safety, roads and infrastructure maintenance, economic development, affordable housing and education are all topics that have been discussed at recent political meetings in the area. Residents also take an active role in their local government by attending meetings and voicing their opinions on important issues that affect them and their families.
The political climate in Zip 28421 (Atkinson, NC) is strongly conservative.
Pender County, NC is strongly conservative. In Pender County, NC 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pender county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.3%.
Pender county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28421 (Atkinson, NC) is strongly conservative.
Atkinson, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Pender County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Wilmington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Atkinson, 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 28421 (Atkinson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)