Cleveland, North Carolina is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The town has a population of around 2,000 residents and is a major part of Cleveland County. The local government for 27013 Cleveland, NC is composed of a Mayor and four Town Commissioners who are elected to serve four year terms. The Town Commission sets policy for the town and makes decisions on how taxpayer money is spent. Each election cycle, the citizens of Cleveland have the opportunity to choose who they want to represent them at their local government meetings and decision-making processes. Residents can remain informed about upcoming elections by reading local newspapers or listening to announcements on radio or television stations. Additionally, there are several public forums hosted throughout the year in which candidates can present their platforms and answer questions from community members. Ultimately, it’s up to each individual citizen to decide who will best represent their interests in local politics by voting in municipal elections each year.
The political climate in Zip 27013 (Cleveland, NC) is very 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
Zip 27013 (Cleveland, NC) is very conservative.
Cleveland, North Carolina is very 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 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 27013 (Cleveland)
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)