Fayetteville, NC, 28304 is the home of a diverse population of people from all walks of life. The city is located just south of Fort Bragg and is part of the Fayetteville metropolitan area. Politically, Fayetteville has been historically Democratic, with a large African American voting base that often votes along party lines. Recently, the voting patterns have been shifting more towards Republican candidates in municipal elections. The current mayor is Mitch Colvin who was elected in 2017 as a Democrat, but since then has leaned more towards centrist policies. In terms of local politics, there are numerous candidates running for office in 2020 including Council Member Toby Mendez who serves as Deputy Mayor and Council Member D.J. Haire who serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Although there is political polarization on some issues, Fayetteville remains dedicated to working together for the betterment of its citizens regardless of their political views.
The political climate in Zip 28304 (Fayetteville, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, NC is moderately liberal. In Cumberland County, NC 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28304 (Fayetteville, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Fayetteville, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Fayetteville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: d 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 28304 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 413 contributions totaling $17,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $63,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)