Cary, a town located in Wake County, NC with a ZIP code of 27518 is home to many politically active citizens. Majority of the population are registered Democrats, however there are also many Republicans, Libertarians, and unaffiliated voters in the area. Local elections are always full of surprises as candidates from all parties put forth their best efforts to win the votes of the residents. Recent local political candidates include Republicans Scott Satterfield and William Nuckols as well as Democrat Gale Adcock. All three have presented their platforms on issues such as economic development, public safety, and education during local debates and through public appearances in an attempt to garner support before an election. It will be interesting to see who ultimately emerges victorious in the upcoming election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 27518 (Cary, 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
Zip 27518 (Cary, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Cary, North Carolina 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.
Cary, 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 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 27518 (Cary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,869 contributions totaling $360,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 640 contributions totaling $214,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)