Kinston, NC is a small city located in Lenoir County. It has a population of approximately 21,000 people and is known for its diverse culture and rich history. The city is managed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor leading the executive branch and six members of the council comprising the legislative branch. The current mayor is B.J. Murphy who was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. Kinston is home to two political parties - Democratic and Republican, with each party holding several elected offices at the local level, including the Mayor's office and council seats. The city also hosts annual elections for state representatives as well as national congressional representatives from its district in Congress. Politics in 28504 Kinston, NC are important to many of its citizens as it helps shape the community's future through decisions made on local issues such as economic development, public safety services, infrastructure improvements, public education and budgeting priorities.
The political climate in Zip 28504 (Kinston, NC) is leaning conservative.
Lenoir County, NC is leaning conservative. In Lenoir County, NC 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lenoir county remained Republican, 51.4% to 47.9%.
Lenoir county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28504 (Kinston, NC) is leaning conservative.
Kinston, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Lenoir County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Kinston Metro Area is leaning 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.
Kinston, 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 28504 (Kinston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 186 contributions totaling $35,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $51,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)