Walkertown, NC (27051) is a small town located in Forsyth County. The local politics in 27051 Walkertown are mostly overseen by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. There are currently five commissioners on the board, all elected by the citizens of Forsyth County. The commissioners are responsible for setting and enacting laws and regulations that affect the citizens of Walkertown as well as the rest of Forsyth County. They also appoint members to committees such as the Parks and Recreation Committee, which oversees the parks in the county, and other committees which make decisions about infrastructure improvements or other initiatives within their jurisdiction. Every two years, elections take place in order to vote for or against various candidates running for office in all areas of Forsyth County, including 27051 Walkertown.
The political climate in Zip 27051 (Walkertown, NC) is leaning 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 27051 (Walkertown, NC) is leaning liberal.
Walkertown, North Carolina is leaning 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.
Walkertown, 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 27051 (Walkertown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)