The small town of Dover, NC (28526) has a strong sense of community and pride. While the town is not large in population, it has a tight-knit political base that believes strongly in its local leaders. In this small town, locals are encouraged to get involved in their local politics and participate in the decision-making process. Residents work with local candidates to provide feedback and shape policies that best represent the interests of all Dover residents. Local elections are always hotly contested and often more contentious than larger cities due to the close nature of the community. This passion for political involvement ensures that everyone’s voice is heard in the decision-making process, from school board members to city councilmembers.
The political climate in Zip 28526 (Dover, NC) is moderately conservative.
Craven County, NC is moderately conservative. In Craven County, NC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craven county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.9%.
Craven county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28526 (Dover, NC) is moderately conservative.
Dover, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Craven County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
New Bern Metro Area is moderately 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.
Dover, 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 28526 (Dover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $5,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)