Forest City, NC is a small town in Rutherford County with a population of approximately 7,500 people. Located in western North Carolina, the town is known for its vibrant local culture and rich history. In terms of politics, Forest City tends to lean conservative and residents often participate in local elections to ensure their voices are heard. In recent years, candidates from both major political parties have ran for various offices in the Rutherford County such as Sheriff and Clerk of Court. The citizens of Forest City take pride in being knowledgeable about politics and staying informed on the issues that affect them locally. Participation in the voting process ensures that everyone’s voices are represented within their community.
The political climate in Zip 28043 (Forest City, NC) is strongly conservative.
Rutherford County, NC is very conservative. In Rutherford County, NC 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.5%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28043 (Forest City, NC) is strongly conservative.
Forest City, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Rutherford County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Forest City Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Forest City, 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 28043 (Forest City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $5,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $41,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)