Jacksonville, NC is the home of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and the New River Air Station. It is home to a population of around 72,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council government. The city council consists of seven members elected at-large who serve four year terms. Jacksonville also has representation in the North Carolina General Assembly and Congress. Jacksonville has been able to keep property taxes low and maintain its financial stability due to careful fiscal management. It is known for its commitment to providing quality services such as police protection, firefighting services, public works projects, and recreational activities while controlling expenses relative to other similarly sized cities in North Carolina. Many local initiatives are being taken in order to improve the quality of life for the citizens, including economic development projects that will benefit businesses and residents alike. Local candidates are actively campaigning on these issues in order to become elected representatives and help make Jacksonville an even better place for everyone to live.
The political climate in Zip 28547 (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 28547 (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 28547 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)