The town of Swansboro, NC (28584) is a small, rural community located in Onslow County. It has a rich political history, with residents regularly engaging in local and state-level politics. In recent years, the town has seen an influx of new residents who bring with them fresh perspectives and ideas for improving the town. During election cycles, candidates from both major parties compete to represent the local area in the North Carolina General Assembly and other governing bodies. Local elections focus on issues that are important to Swansboro's citizens such as education funding, public safety, environmental protection, and economic growth. Residents of Swansboro often take part in rallies and campaigns to ensure their voices are heard when it comes time to make decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 28584 (Swansboro, NC) is strongly conservative.
Onslow County, NC is strongly conservative. In Onslow County, NC 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onslow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.6%.
Onslow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28584 (Swansboro, NC) is strongly conservative.
Swansboro, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Onslow County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Swansboro, 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 28584 (Swansboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 207 contributions totaling $11,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $31,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)