In 27577 Smithfield, NC the political landscape is shaped by a variety of local and state initiatives. In the last election, two candidates were chosen to represent the city at the state level: Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Grier Martin. At the county level, Johnston County Commissioner Sandy Burke was re-elected for a second term with a decisive victory over her opponent, Libertarian Shawn Myers. The city also has numerous local initiatives that are put in place by its mayor and councilmembers who work together to ensure that all citizens of Smithfield have access to quality services, including schools, public safety, roads and infrastructure repairs. Those initiatives have been successful in improving conditions for residents across all areas of life in Smithfield.
The political climate in Zip 27577 (Smithfield, 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 27577 (Smithfield, NC) is moderately conservative.
Smithfield, 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.
Smithfield, 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 27577 (Smithfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $95,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $67,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)