New Bern, North Carolina is a city with a population of 29,524 according to the 2019 United States Census. Located in the Eastern part of the state, this city has seen significant growth in recent years. In terms of politics, New Bern is located in Craven County and is a part of North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district which is currently represented by Republican G.K Butterfield. The city also contains several representatives on the state level from both parties who help shape policy for the region. At the local level, New Bern elects city officials to serve on their City Council and Mayor who represent their citizens’ interests at the municipal level. All politics in New Bern are carried out with an eye towards progress and growth for their community as well as responsibility for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 28560 (New Bern, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Craven County, NC is moderately conservative. In Craven County, NC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craven county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.9%.
Craven county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28560 (New Bern, NC) is somewhat conservative.
New Bern, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Craven County, North Carolina is moderately 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.
New Bern, 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 28560 (New Bern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,102 contributions totaling $52,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $45,068 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)