Politics in 28516 Beaufort, NC are primarily focused on the local level. The Town of Beaufort is governed by a Mayor and six Board of Aldermen members that are elected to staggered four-year terms. As the electorate of this small town, residents have the opportunity to actively participate in their community鈥檚 political life through voting in elections and attending public hearings. Additionally, citizens of 28516 Beaufort, NC may contribute to the discussion on issues such as budgeting, taxation, development projects and more. While there are no current local political candidates running for office this year, it is likely that soon local residents will have an opportunity to get involved in their community鈥檚 politics.
The political climate in Zip 28516 (Beaufort, NC) is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, NC is very conservative. In Carteret County, NC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carteret county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Carteret county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28516 (Beaufort, NC) is strongly conservative.
Beaufort, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Morehead City Metro Area is very 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.
Beaufort, 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 28516 (Beaufort)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 838 contributions totaling $41,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $50,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)