Goldsboro, NC 27531 is located in Wayne County and is known for its close-knit community atmosphere and various landmarks. Politically, Goldsboro leans heavily towards the Democratic Party, with registered Democrats making up around 56% of its population. Residents in Goldsboro are very proactive when it comes to their politics and local elections garner a great deal of public attention and participation. Recently, residents have become increasingly vocal about their support for progressive candidates who focus on health care reform, education, economic development, and environmental protection. The mayor of Goldsboro has been a Democrat since 2003 and his current term runs until 2021.
The political climate in Zip 27531 (Goldsboro, NC) is leaning conservative.
Wayne County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Wayne County, NC 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.6%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27531 (Goldsboro, NC) is leaning conservative.
Goldsboro, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Wayne County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Goldsboro Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Goldsboro, 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 27531 (Goldsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)