Cherryville, NC is a small town located in western North Carolina. It has a strong sense of community and is an important part of the region’s political discourse. The city is represented by several members of the state legislature, including Senator Phil Berger Jr., Representatives Tim Moore and Sarah Stevens, as well as two members of the county commission. The residents of Cherryville are passionate about their views on a variety of topics ranging from healthcare reforms to gun control legislation. They take their civic duty seriously and turn out to vote in local elections at high rates. Local candidates frequently hold open forums for citizens to engage in meaningful conversations that shape the future course of their town. Civic engagement is encouraged and celebrated in Cherryville, NC, with many people actively involved in local politics.
The political climate in Cherryville, NC is moderately conservative.
Gaston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Gaston County, NC 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gaston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.5%.
Gaston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherryville, NC is moderately conservative.
Gaston County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Cherryville, 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 Cherryville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 528 contributions totaling $19,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $33,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)