Knightdale, NC is located in Wake County and is part of the larger Raleigh Metropolitan area. In Knightdale, residents are served by a mayor-council form of government. The current Mayor of Knightdale is Dr. James Roberson, who was first elected in 2017 and reelected in 2019. The Town Council consists of five members, each representing one of the five districts within the town. Together they focus on issues such as infrastructure investment, budgeting and planning for economic development, creating community programs to ensure public safety and maintaining fiscal responsibility to taxpayers. Additionally, Knightdale has its own Police Department that focuses on providing services to the local population with an emphasis on community policing tactics. As the population of Knightdale continues to grow, the local political leadership will need to face new challenges related to balancing growth and preserving the town’s close-knit character.
The political climate in Zip 27545 (Knightdale, 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 27545 (Knightdale, NC) is moderately liberal.
Knightdale, 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.
Knightdale, 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 27545 (Knightdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $14,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $7,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)