Forest City, NC is a small town located in Rutherford County that is proud of its rich cultural heritage. The town's government is made up of a mayor and a five-member council who are all elected by the citizens every two years. Recently, much attention has been paid to the upcoming election as several candidates have declared their candidacy for various positions. Much debate has ensued among local residents about the various initiatives proposed by each candidate and their respective stances on issues like taxes, infrastructure improvements, education funding, and other matters affecting the community. As the election draws closer, it will be interesting to see which candidates will prevail in Forest City's political arena.
The political climate in Forest City, NC is moderately conservative.
Rutherford County, NC is very conservative. In Rutherford County, NC 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, Rutherford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.5%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest City, NC is moderately conservative.
Rutherford County, North Carolina is very conservative.
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Forest City, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $9,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $53,653 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)