Cajah's Mountain, NC is a small town located in the foothills of western North Carolina. It is a close-knit community with many locally owned businesses. The town politics are mainly focused on local issues such as taxes, public services, and infrastructure. The members of the Cajah's Mountain Town Council are elected by local residents to represent their interests at the town level. There are also many local civic organizations that strive to maintain an active citizenry and keep the community engaged in important political matters. While there are no specific local candidates running for office at this time, the citizens of Cajah’s Mountain stay up to date on news and events that could potentially affect their lives.
The political climate in Cajah's Mountain, NC is strongly conservative.
Caldwell County, NC is very conservative. In Caldwell County, NC 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caldwell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.9%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cajah's Mountain, NC is strongly conservative.
Caldwell County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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.
Cajah's Mountain, 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 Cajah's Mountain, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,242 contributions totaling $169,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 764 contributions totaling $134,595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)