Winston-Salem, NC, with the zip code 27107, is a vibrant and diverse city with an active political landscape. The city is represented at the state and local level by many officials from both major parties. At the state level, Democratic Governor Roy Cooper is the chief executive of North Carolina and there are numerous representatives in both Houses of the General Assembly. On the local front, Winston-Salem has an 11 member City Council that represents the interests of its citizens. The mayor of Winston-Salem is Allen Joines, who was elected in 2009 and subsequently reelected in 2013 and 2017. All members of the City Council are committed to ensuring that local residents have access to quality public services while also advocating for issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 27107 (Winston-Salem, NC) is somewhat 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 27107 (Winston-Salem, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina is somewhat 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 27107 (Winston-Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 553 contributions totaling $18,118 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $19,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)