Cleveland, NC is a vibrant town located in North Carolina with a wide array of political views. Residents in this area understand the importance of voting and are actively engaged in local and state politics. Many people here take great pride in their right to vote and make their voices heard. Every election cycle, local political candidates come to Cleveland to engage with citizens on policy issues that affect the community. Many of these individuals stress the importance of being informed about local and state issues before heading to the polls to exercise their rights. While population figures aren’t included here, residents agree that any decision made by our elected officials should be done with the best interests of all citizens in mind. Citizens here are passionate about politics and strive to ensure their voice is heard through fair and effective representation.
The political climate in Cleveland, NC is strongly conservative.
Rowan County, NC is very conservative. In Rowan County, NC 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rowan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.5%.
Rowan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland, NC is strongly conservative.
Rowan County, North Carolina is very 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.
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 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 Cleveland, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $7,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)