Winston-Salem, NC is a city with a rich political history. It is the home of Wake Forest University and has served as the county seat of Forsyth County since 1849. In recent years, the city has become a hub for progressive politics, with local candidates advocating for greater civic involvement and economic opportunity for all residents. The current mayor is Allen Joines and the current City Council members are Denise D. Adams, Dan Besse, Annette Scippio, John Larson, Derwin Montgomery, Robert Clark Jr., and James Taylor III. Each member brings their own unique perspectives to the table in order to make Winston-Salem an even better place to live and work. As citizens of this great city we have the privilege to be involved in our local politics and make sure that our voices are heard by our elected representatives.
The political climate in Zip 27109 (Winston-Salem, NC) is moderately liberal.
Forsyth County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Forsyth County, NC 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forsyth county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.3%.
Forsyth county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27109 (Winston-Salem, NC) is moderately liberal.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Forsyth County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Winston-Salem Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Winston-Salem, 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 27109 (Winston-Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $30 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)