Cleveland County is located in North Carolina and is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Its political landscape is shaped by a Board of Commissioners who are responsible for making decisions that affect the people within the county. The commissioners are elected to serve four year terms, with one commissioner from each of the five districts available. Though local candidates have yet to be announced, there has been much discussion in recent years about issues such as taxation and public safety. Recently, the county passed a new bond referendum which will facilitate improvements to infrastructure and development in economically depressed areas. Political discourse in Cleveland County continues to be passionate and relevant, and residents look forward to casting their votes for change in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Cleveland County, NC is very conservative.
In Cleveland County, NC 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 33.0%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland County, NC is very conservative.
Shelby Metro Area is very 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.
Cleveland, North Carolina: R R R R R R
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 Cleveland County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 859 contributions totaling $57,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 505 contributions totaling $136,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)