Raleigh, North Carolina is the capital city of the state and is located in Wake County. The politics in Raleigh are diverse and active, with various local political candidates vying for office. The current mayor of Raleigh is Mary-Ann Baldwin, who has been in office since 2017 and is up for re-election this year. City council members serve four-year terms and some may be up for re-election as well. In addition to elected officials, there are many other ways for residents to get involved in the local politics such as serving on boards or committees or volunteering with campaigns. With its unique mix of urban and rural communities, Raleigh has a wide range of political opinions that often clash on controversial issues such as public transportation or affordable housing. As the population continues to grow it will be interesting to see how this dynamic city manages to navigate the ever-changing political landscape in order to serve all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 27612 (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 27612 (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 27612 (Raleigh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,803 contributions totaling $661,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 986 contributions totaling $287,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)