Raleigh, NC is the state capital of North Carolina and has a population of more than 475,000 people. The city is divided into seven wards, each with their own city councilors who are responsible for representing their constituents. Raleigh also holds mayoral elections every two years to elect a mayor to lead the city through its governing body, the City Council. Recent mayors include Mary-Ann Baldwin and Charles Meeker, and current mayor Dee Marshall was elected in 2019. There are numerous other local political candidates running for office in 27604 Raleigh, NC including county commissioners and school board members. These candidates provide citizens with many opportunities to get involved in politics and participate in the election process.
The political climate in Zip 27604 (Raleigh, NC) is moderately 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 27604 (Raleigh, NC) is moderately liberal.
Raleigh, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Raleigh, 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 27604 (Raleigh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,498 contributions totaling $280,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $51,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)