Macon, NC (27511) is a small town located in eastern North Carolina. The local political landscape is dominated by the Republican Party. In recent years, the county has voted overwhelmingly for Republican candidates, with the last Democratic candidate to win in Macon being Barack Obama in 2008. Macon is also home to two members of the North Carolina State House of Representatives: Robert Reives and Garland Pierce. Both representatives are Democrats and have been active in protecting their constituents' interests in Raleigh. They have worked to bring resources back to Macon County such as increased funding for education, infrastructure, and economic development projects. In addition, they have consistently advocated for issues related to health care, social justice, and environmental protection. Local elections typically feature several candidates from both parties vying for office; however, given its rural location and largely conservative population base, Republicans tend to fare well in Macon County elections.
The political climate in Zip 27551 (Macon, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Warren County, NC is strongly liberal. In Warren County, NC 62.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.2% to 36.5%.
Warren county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27551 (Macon, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Macon, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Warren County, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
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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.
Macon, North Carolina: D D 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 27551 (Macon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $831 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $1,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)