Forest City, NC · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Rutherford County, North Carolina. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Forest City, NC, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+23.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+47.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 24 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Forest City, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
41,341
18,674
13,974
8,684
9
2012
43,932
17,979
14,863
10,985
105
2016
45,073
15,869
16,410
12,605
189
2020
46,022
12,188
19,088
14,466
280
2022
46,646
10,783
19,818
15,788
257
2024
48,084
9,602
21,106
16,955
421
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+565 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,302 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Forest City, NC in Forest City, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−217
2012
−98
2013
−189
2014
−85
2015
+35
2016
+97
2017
+428
2018
+434
2019
+461
2021
+598
2022
+788
2023
+904
2024
+581
2025
+565
Forest City, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.7 points.
A population of 64,930, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,410 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Campbellsville, KY and Morristown, TN.
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How did Forest City, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Forest City, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 47.7 points (R+47.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,670 votes cast, 8,914 went Democratic and 25,456 went Republican.
When did Forest City, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Forest City, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Forest City, NC, North Carolina?
Forest City, NC, North Carolina has a population of 64,930 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Forest City, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Forest City, NC, North Carolina is $51,410 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Forest City, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Forest City, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
