Hoke County is located in the Sandhills region of North Carolina and is home to a population of 46,952 people. The county is well-known for its strong sense of community and family values, as well as its commitment to public service and civic involvement. As the county seat, Raeford serves as the governing body for Hoke County, with a mayor and four commissioners making up the local government. Across the county, there are many active political campaigns that aim to represent various communities in Hoke County by running for elected offices such as Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds and School Board Chair. These campaigns provide citizens with an opportunity to get involved in their local politics and have their voices heard on issues important to them. In addition, Hoke County residents can also support other political candidates through donations or volunteering their time at events.
The political climate in Hoke County, NC is somewhat liberal.
In Hoke County, NC 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hoke county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.7%.
Hoke county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hoke County, NC is somewhat liberal.
Fayetteville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hoke, North Carolina: D d D D D D
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 Hoke County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $5,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $42,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)