The politics in 28021 Cherryville, NC are diverse and vibrant. The city is served by a mayor and a five-member city council, who all strive to serve the community with their unique perspectives. The city holds elections for these positions every two years and encourages citizens to get involved in the political process. Residents can find out more about local political candidates running for office through the local newspaper or other media outlets. Additionally, the city has several civic organizations that serve to bring people together to discuss local issues and work towards change in the community. With so many voices working towards a common goal of making Cherryville a better place to live, it is easy to see why it is such a welcoming city with an active political climate.
The political climate in Zip 28021 (Cherryville, NC) is strongly 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
Zip 28021 (Cherryville, NC) is strongly conservative.
Cherryville, North Carolina is strongly 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 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 28021 (Cherryville)
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 94 contributions totaling $30,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)