Politics in 28451 Leland, NC are largely focused around the local government, as the area is not heavily populated. Local political issues involve topics such as economic development, education reform, and public safety initiatives. The local government of 28451 Leland is made up of a Mayor, Town Council members and other representatives from its five voting districts. These representatives are elected by residents of the district every two years. Every four years, a Mayor is elected by all registered voters in the town. There are no current local political candidates or elections taking place in 28451 Leland at this time. Instead, residents focus on working together to ensure their community remains safe and prosperous for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 28451 (Leland, NC) is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, NC is strongly conservative. In Brunswick County, NC 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.9%.
Brunswick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28451 (Leland, NC) is moderately conservative.
Leland, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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.
Leland, 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 28451 (Leland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,388 contributions totaling $77,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $36,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)