Cooksville is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 81% of adults in Cooksville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cooksville, ~15% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cooksville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cooksville leans more Republican than 61 of 64 neighbors.
Cooksville runs about 61 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Cooksville 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 Cooksville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Cooksville hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the North Carolina average of 27%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Cooksville are family households, above 93% of cities.
Multifamily housing and voter turnout
Places with a low multifamily-housing share tend to turn out in mixed patterns; Cooksville, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Apartment housing does not change how people vote; it reflects urban density and renting.
Why turnout in Cooksville looks the way it does
Turnout in Cooksville sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sunnyside, NC R+53
- Plateau, NC R+61
- Vale, NC R+61
- Connellys Springs, NC R+59
- Olive Grove, NC R+63
- Hildebran, NC R+53
- Belwood, NC R+66
- Connelly Springs, NC R+55
- Double Shoals, NC R+66
- Long View, NC R+17
Cities with Similar Populations
- Coffeeville, AL R+10
- Pittsfield, OH R+47
- Humbird, WI R+38
- Seward, OK R+52
- Hobson City, AL D+22
- Mitford, SC R+32
- Port Hope, MI R+50
- Weston, LA R+72
- Prairie Ronde, LA R+35
- Georgetown, MS R+8
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.