In 28371 Parkton, NC, politics are of great importance to the local community. The town is represented by a county commissioner, state senator and representatives in the North Carolina House and Senate. Local elections bring together citizens to decide on issues such as taxes, education, public safety and transportation. While candidates for local offices are elected through popular vote, there is a strong emphasis on civic engagement among the people of Parkton that helps maintain an engaged political atmosphere. Residents work together to ensure representation on a local level so that their voices are heard and they can become part of the decision-making process in their own community.
The political climate in Zip 28371 (Parkton, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Robeson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Robeson County, NC 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Robeson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 40.3%.
Robeson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28371 (Parkton, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Parkton, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Robeson County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Lumberton 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.
Parkton, North Carolina: D d 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 28371 (Parkton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $11,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)