The city of Fayetteville, NC (28314) is the county seat of Cumberland County and is home to a diverse population with a variety of political views. The city has an elected mayor and seven council members who are responsible for local decision-making in areas such as taxation, land use, infrastructure development, public safety and health initiatives. Recent elections have seen strong voter engagement with high turnout for local elections. There is also active participation in regional, state and national politics by citizens of Fayetteville. The city’s proximity to Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base adds to the complexity of local politics as military personnel can affect the outcome of important elections. Current candidates for mayor are Mitch Colvin, Kirk deViere and Diane Lorraine Whitaker while current council members include D.J. Haire, Larry Wright, Dan Culliton, Kathy Jensen, Chalmers McDougald Jr., Johnny Dawkins and Bill Crisp.
The political climate in Zip 28314 (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 28314 (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 28314 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 637 contributions totaling $46,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $30,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)