Located in Wilson County, Lucama is a small town of 1,884 people with a rich history and a strong sense of community. Today, the citizens of Lucama are engaged in local politics, working to ensure their voices are heard and their interests are represented. Local issues at the forefront include economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, and environmental protection. The town has several government representatives from both the state and county levels who work to ensure progress is made on all these important topics. In addition to elected officials representing Lucama’s interests in the legislative process, many citizens also participate in local decision-making bodies like town councils and school boards. By engaging with local political candidates and taking part in civic organizations, residents help shape their future and create an environment that can thrive for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 27851 (Lucama, NC) is leaning conservative.
Wilson County, NC is leaning liberal. In Wilson County, NC 50.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained Democratic, 50.9% to 48.1%.
Wilson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27851 (Lucama, NC) is leaning conservative.
Lucama, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Wilson County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lucama, North Carolina: r r d d d d
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 27851 (Lucama)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $31,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,073 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $9,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $638 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)