Lillington, NC is a small town located in Harnett County with a population of approximately 2,451. Serving as the county seat, Lillington serves as the hub for local politics in the area. The local political candidates who have been elected to serve the community are Mayor Connie Price and Town Council members Shelly Overman, Cathy Blackmon, Joe Weathersbee Jr., Barbara Williams and David White. All of the members work hard to ensure that Lillington is a safe and prosperous community for its citizens. They strive to balance economic growth with protecting the town’s natural resources while also providing quality services such as water, sewer, garbage collection and street maintenance. In addition to these services they also promote other economic development initiatives such as promoting tourism and small business growth. The elected officials hold regular town meetings where they solicit input from citizens on upcoming projects or any other matters that may affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Zip 27546 (Lillington, NC) is moderately conservative.
Harnett County, NC is moderately conservative. In Harnett County, NC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harnett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.9%.
Harnett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27546 (Lillington, NC) is moderately conservative.
Lillington, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Harnett County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
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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.
Lillington, 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 27546 (Lillington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $14,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $40,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)