Zip 28556 (Merritt, NC) Voting


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United States / North Carolina / New Bern Metro Area / Pamlico County / No City / Zip 28556 (Merritt, NC)
Merritt, NC is a small town located in Pitt County and has a population of about 1,700 residents. The local politics of 28556 Merritt, NC are determined by the Pitt County Board of Commissioners. This board consists of five members who are responsible for setting the laws and regulations for the county. In addition to this, the board also appoints other officials that help to oversee the local government affairs. There are several elected officials that serve the citizens of Merritt including a Mayor and Town Council Members. The Mayor is responsible for setting policy for the Town as well as leading meetings with local businesses and stakeholders. The Town Council Members are responsible for representing their constituents in all matters concerning Merritt and voting on any policies set forth by the Mayor or Board of Commissioners.

The political climate in Zip 28556 (Merritt, NC) is strongly conservative.

Pamlico County, NC is strongly conservative. In Pamlico County, NC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Pamlico county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 35.6%.
Pamlico county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 28556 (Merritt, NC) is strongly conservative.


Merritt, North Carolina is strongly conservative.

Pamlico County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.

New Bern Metro Area is moderately 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.

Merritt, 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 28556 (Merritt)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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