The town of Grifton, NC (zip code 28530) is located within Pitt County and is part of the Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is governed by a mayor-council system, with five council members who serve four-year terms. Currently the mayor of Grifton is Dixon Ipock. Politically, the town leans Democratic, although there are some Republicans in the area as well. There are no current local political candidates to name. The population of Grifton is approximately 1,700 people.
The political climate in Zip 28530 (Grifton, NC) is leaning liberal.
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Pitt County, NC 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28530 (Grifton, NC) is leaning liberal.
Grifton, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Pitt County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Greenville 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.
Grifton, North Carolina: r 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 28530 (Grifton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $2,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $4,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)