Wake Forest, NC is a small town located in the state of North Carolina, with a population of around 41,000 people. This small town is part of Wake County and has an active political community. The citizens of Wake Forest are represented by local elected officials at both the state and county level. Wake County is served by two Republican-held State Senate Districts, which are located within Wake Forest’s city limits. The General Assembly Representative for District 11, as well as the Commissioner for District 2 both come from this area and hold office in the North Carolina House and Senate. At the county level, board members serve as representatives for the citizens of Wake Forest on issues such as public safety, health initiatives, economic development, and transportation infrastructure. Furthermore, there are several municipal elections held every year in order to select representatives to serve on a variety of boards and committees that help to oversee local government functions within Wake Forest's boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 27587 (Wake Forest, 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 27587 (Wake Forest, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Wake Forest, 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.
Wake Forest, 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 27587 (Wake Forest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,086 contributions totaling $179,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 673 contributions totaling $153,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)