Hertford, NC is a small town in the state of North Carolina with a population of approximately 2,450 people. It is a quaint and peaceful place with friendly citizens. The local politics in 27944 Hertford, NC are centered around issues that affect the community such as public safety, economic development and educational opportunities. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six members of the Board of Commissioners who serve four-year terms. Each year, local elections are held to choose these officials who then make decisions on behalf of the entire town. While they are not required to do so, many candidates for local office express their views on various issues during campaign season in order to get residents' opinions on their ideas.
The political climate in Zip 27944 (Hertford, NC) is strongly conservative.
Perquimans County, NC is very conservative. In Perquimans County, NC 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perquimans county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.3%.
Perquimans county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27944 (Hertford, NC) is strongly conservative.
Hertford, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Perquimans County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Elizabeth City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hertford, 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 27944 (Hertford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $9,394 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $15,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)