The politics in 28543 Jacksonville, NC are dominated by the local Republican Party. The county is a strong supporter of conservative values and principles, and as such has consistently voted for GOP candidates in Presidential elections for many years. The city is home to several prominent politicians, including current Mayor Sammy Phillips and North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest. Both politicians have supported policies that are strongly rooted in conservative principles, focusing on lower taxes, limited government spending, and increasing economic development opportunities for businesses. In addition to these two party-affiliated leaders, Jacksonville also has a number of independent candidates running for office who have the potential to shape the political landscape of the city into something unique and vibrant.
The political climate in Zip 28543 (Jacksonville, NC) is moderately conservative.
Onslow County, NC is strongly conservative. In Onslow County, NC 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onslow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.6%.
Onslow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28543 (Jacksonville, NC) is moderately conservative.
Jacksonville, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Onslow County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Jacksonville, 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 28543 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $30 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)