The city of New Bern, NC is located in Craven County and has a population of approximately 29,524 as of the 2010 Census. The city of New Bern operates under a Mayor-Council form of government. The current mayor as of 2020 is Dana Outlaw who has been in office since December 2018. The five city council members are Sabrina Bengel, Jeffrey Odham, Jameesha Harris, Johnnie Ray Kinsey and Denny Bucher. They serve four-year terms and meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month to discuss important resolutions and initiatives for the city. Local political candidates also play an important role in deciding who will serve in public office by running for election. As such, they can have a major impact on how the city is managed and what services are provided.
The political climate in Zip 28562 (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 28562 (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 28562 (New Bern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 696 contributions totaling $76,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 821 contributions totaling $280,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)