Oak City, NC 27857 is a vibrant community located in the heart of North Carolina. The city is governed by an elected mayor and city council who work together to ensure that residents are provided with the best services and quality of life possible. The city council is responsible for setting policy, approving budgets, managing infrastructure, and providing public safety services. Its members are elected from each of the four wards in Oak City to serve two-year terms. Local political candidates are often active in the community, hosting events and engaging with residents to share their platform and discuss issues facing Oak City. Residents can get involved by attending meetings, volunteering at local campaigns, or voting on election day. With its commitment to keeping citizens informed and engaged, Oak City has a longstanding tradition of strong local politics that successfully serves its diverse population.
The political climate in Zip 27857 (Oak City, NC) is leaning conservative.
Martin County, NC is leaning conservative. In Martin County, NC 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained Republican, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Martin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27857 (Oak City, NC) is leaning conservative.
Oak City, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Martin County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
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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.
Oak City, North Carolina: d r d d 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 27857 (Oak City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)