The politics in Garner, NC (zip code 27529) are driven by the local community. There are a number of issues affecting the area, from transportation and infrastructure, to education and economic development. The Mayor of Garner is Ken Marshburn, who was first elected in 2015. He has worked hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and resources. Additionally, the Town Council works to ensure that local ordinances are enforced and oversee budgeting decisions, among other duties. Garner also elects a representative to serve in the North Carolina General Assembly. Each year citizens can choose from a number of candidates who run for this office. All of these individuals strive for betterment of the town, and often times focus on specific topics such as economic development or environmental protection in order to represent their constituents’ needs on a state level.
The political climate in Zip 27529 (Garner, 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 27529 (Garner, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Garner, 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.
Garner, 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 27529 (Garner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,089 contributions totaling $50,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 317 contributions totaling $36,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)