Cherokee, North Carolina is located in Swain County and has a population of 2,967. Politics are an important part of the community in Cherokee as local political candidates help to shape the future of the town. Every election season, local politicians have the chance to make their voices heard by the citizens of Cherokee and decide how the town should move forward. Candidates focus on issues that are pertinent to Cherokee such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and environmental initiatives. The residents of Cherokee take an active role in politics by participating in debates and attending events hosted by local politicians. Additionally, there are several registered voters in the area who care deeply about their community and strive to ensure that their voice is heard in every election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 28719 (Cherokee, NC) is moderately conservative.
Swain County, NC is moderately conservative. In Swain County, NC 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swain county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Swain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28719 (Cherokee, NC) is moderately conservative.
Cherokee, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Swain County, North Carolina is moderately 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 zip 28719 (Cherokee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $323,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4,427 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $219,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)