Selma, NC 27576 is a small town located in Johnston County. Politically, the area leans conservative and the local representatives at both the state and federal level are Republicans. On the county level, voters have elected Commissioner Lane Carter to represent them. The town is also host to many local civic organizations focused on community engagement and influencing political decisions in the area. These groups have been integral in advocating for issues that affect Selma's citizens such as education, job growth, infrastructure improvements and healthcare access. With every election cycle, new conversations arise about how best to serve Selma's citizens and what kind of changes should be implemented to better their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 27576 (Selma, NC) is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Johnston County, NC 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.0%.
Johnston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27576 (Selma, NC) is moderately conservative.
Selma, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Raleigh-Cary Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Selma, 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 27576 (Selma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $7,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $4,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)