Cherokee County, NC is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains and has a deep-rooted political history. It is part of the 11th Congressional District, represented by Mark Meadows in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to its representative in Congress, Cherokee County also has two members who serve in the North Carolina Senate and two members who serve in the North Carolina House of Representatives. There are nine Commissioners that make up the local governing board for Cherokee County. This board is responsible for enacting laws, setting tax rates, overseeing county finances and providing services to citizens including health care, education and public safety. The county has a strong Republican presence with most elected officials belonging to this party. However, there are some Democrats within the county as well for those who prefer alternative representation during elections.
The political climate in Cherokee County, NC is very conservative.
In Cherokee County, NC 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.8%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherokee County, NC is very conservative.
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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.
Cherokee, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cherokee County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $34,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $36,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)