The town of Clayton, NC (27527) is the county seat of Johnston County and a part of the greater Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area. It has a population of around 19,000 people with a number of small businesses and shops. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five-member Board of Commissioners who work together to make decisions on issues such as budgeting, taxation, public safety, infrastructure, services and other civic matters. The elected officials in Clayton serve four-year terms with elections taking place every two years. There are numerous political clubs and organizations that hold meetings to discuss local politics and organize events such as debates and forums for candidates in municipal elections. Additionally, there are state representatives and senators from both major political parties who represent Clayton in their respective legislative branches. Through these officials, citizens have access to information on current policies as well as platforms that government candidates offer during election season.
The political climate in Zip 27527 (Clayton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Johnston County, NC 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.0%.
Johnston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27527 (Clayton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Clayton, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Raleigh-Cary 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.
Clayton, 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 27527 (Clayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 430 contributions totaling $19,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $64,219 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)