The city of Apex, North Carolina with zip code 27502 is a vibrant and growing community located in Wake County. Politically, Apex is represented by a diverse range of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. At the state level, Apex is served by three members of the North Carolina General Assembly: two Representatives and one Senator who are all Republicans. The U.S. House of Representatives for Congress District 13 is held by a Democrat representing Apex and surrounding areas in Wake County. On the local level, Apex residents are represented by Mayor Lance Olive who was elected in 2017. The town council is composed of seven members including five at-large councilors and two representatives from districts 1 and 2 respectively. Together with Mayor Olive they work to ensure that Apex remains a safe place to live that provides quality services to its citizens while also promoting economic growth within the region.
The political climate in Zip 27502 (Apex, 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 27502 (Apex, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Apex, 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.
Apex, 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 27502 (Apex)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,493 contributions totaling $88,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $59,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)