The city of Wilmington, NC 28403 has been a long-standing leader in politics for the state of North Carolina. The city is home to many powerful politicians and advocates, including former Senator John Hoeven, current Representative Ted Budd, and Governor Roy Cooper. These leaders have all worked to ensure that the people of Wilmington have the best representation in local government. In addition to these prominent figures, there are dozens of other political groups and candidates from both major parties who are actively involved in local politics. Many of these groups focus on issues such as environmental protection, economic growth, education reform, and civil rights. All of these different political perspectives help make Wilmington a vibrant and active community when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 28403 (Wilmington, NC) is leaning liberal.
New Hanover County, NC is leaning liberal. In New Hanover County, NC 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Hanover county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.0%.
New Hanover county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28403 (Wilmington, NC) is leaning liberal.
Wilmington, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
New Hanover County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilmington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wilmington, North Carolina: R R r r r d
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 28403 (Wilmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,406 contributions totaling $238,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $357,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $652 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)