Fayetteville, NC is located in Cumberland County and is the county seat. As a major city in North Carolina, Fayetteville has a strong local government and political presence. The citizens of Fayetteville are represented by an eleven member City Council who meet bi-monthly to discuss and approve city regulations and ordinances. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the council and leads the executive branch of Fayetteville's government. In addition to the city, Cumberland County is also governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners, whose mission is to provide oversight for services such as public safety, health programs, libraries, parks and recreation, social services, and economic development. Recently in 2020, Democratic candidate Dan Besse was elected mayor of Fayetteville with an overwhelming majority. He will be sworn in on December 7th, 2020. Community engagement is important to Fayetteville politics as well; several organizations work together to foster community dialogue and encourage participation in politics at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 28311 (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 28311 (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 28311 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,105 contributions totaling $42,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $71,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)