The Forest City, NC Metro Area is known for its diverse political landscape. As the largest city in Rutherford County, Forest City has a major influence on local politics. Residents of this area have a wide variety of political views and can vary greatly in their opinions and beliefs. The city itself is governed by an elected mayor and council, while the county is run by an elected board of commissioners. Local elections attract candidates from all sides of the political spectrum, giving voters plenty of choices when it comes to choosing a representative who will best represent their interests. On the state level, Forest City residents are represented by both Democratic and Republican politicians in Raleigh. The area is home to several advocacy groups that work to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government. All in all, Forest City's vibrant political scene offers citizens many different options for involvement in their local government.
The political climate in Forest City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Forest City Metro Area 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Forest City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.5%.
The Forest City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest City 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.
Forest City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Forest City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 743 contributions totaling $42,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 617 contributions totaling $137,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)