Politics in 27972 Salvo, NC are very important to the local community. The town is part of Dare County, NC and is represented in the North Carolina General Assembly by three members of the House: Rep. Beverly Boswell (R), Rep. Bobby Hanig (R), and Rep. Rachel Huntley (D). Additionally, it is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. GK Butterfield (D). Dare County maintains a nonpartisan Board of Commissioners with five members elected to four-year terms in staggered elections for Districts 1-5, which includes Salvo. These commissioners determine policies that affect Salvo and all other towns within Dare County. Lastly, there are several local political groups active in Salvo such as the Republican Women's Club, Democrats Abroad and the Dare County NAACP which work to provide information on local politics and engage citizens in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 27972 (Salvo, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Dare County, NC is moderately conservative. In Dare County, NC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dare county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Dare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27972 (Salvo, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Salvo, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Dare County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Kill Devil Hills 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.
Salvo, 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 27972 (Salvo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)