Garner, NC is a vibrant town located in Wake County right outside of Raleigh. With an estimated population of 33,000 people, Garner offers its residents many amenities such as restaurants, shopping centers, and parks. At the local level, Garner is served by the Wake County Board of Commissioners, which is composed of seven members who represent different districts within the county. Along with the board, there are two state representatives that serve each legislative district within the town limits. With these elected officials in place, citizens have a voice to speak up on issues that affect them in their neighborhoods. The town also has a mayor and town council that look after day-to-day affairs such as budgeting and public works. Overall politics in Garner are always active and provide citizens with the opportunity to engage in local issues through voting or attending meetings and voicing their opinions.
The political climate in Garner, NC is somewhat liberal.
Wake County, NC is strongly liberal. In Wake County, NC 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.8%.
Wake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garner, NC is somewhat liberal.
Wake County, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Raleigh-Cary Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Garner, North Carolina: r r D D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Garner, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,586 contributions totaling $950,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,337 contributions totaling $231,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)