Cranberry is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Cranberry typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cranberry, ~15% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cranberry compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cranberry leans more Republican than 38 of 65 neighbors.
Cranberry runs about 59 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Cranberry 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 Cranberry, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Cranberry, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the North Carolina average of 27%.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Cranberry, NC sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Cranberry looks the way it does
Turnout in Cranberry 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.
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- Melrude, MN R+4
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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.