Rolesville, NC is a small town located in Wake County and is part of the greater Raleigh metropolitan area. Despite its small size, Rolesville has an active political landscape. This is evidenced by the many local issues that have been brought to the forefront recently, such as enhancing public safety, balancing development with conservation, and improving infrastructure. Local elections are often highly contested and draw significant attention from citizens. There are several local political candidates campaigning for office each election cycle, who focus on these key issues affecting Rolesville's residents. With a passionate citizenry and robust civic engagement, politics in Rolesville will continue to remain an important factor in the community for years to come.
The political climate in Rolesville, NC is leaning 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
Rolesville, NC is leaning 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.
Rolesville, 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 Rolesville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,256 contributions totaling $197,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 731 contributions totaling $157,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)