Cedar Fork is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Cedar Fork typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cedar Fork, ~13% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cedar Fork compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cedar Fork is the most Republican-leaning.
Cedar Fork runs about 62 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Cedar Fork leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cedar Fork, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Cedar Fork are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Cedar Fork, NC sits below the national average on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Cedar Fork looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Cedar Fork sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Beulaville, NC R+42
- Chinquapin, NC R+51
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- Maready, NC R+61
- Ervintown, NC R+47
- Richlands, NC R+46
- Catherine Lake, NC R+58
- Hargetts Crossroads, NC R+54
- Huffmantown, NC R+45
- Hallsville, NC R+17
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sharp, LA R+68
- Edison, WA R+3
- Eberle, IL R+80
- Shaw, KS R+61
- Fort Davis, AL D+75
- Scotch Hill, PA R+57
- Four States, WV R+54
- Teakean, ID R+64
- Roy, NM R+36
- Rea, MO R+62
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.