Mineral Springs, NC is a small town in North Carolina with a deep history of political involvement. The town is home to a number of local organizations that are dedicated to increasing civic engagement and promoting the involvement of local citizens in politics. Local organizations such as Voices for Change and the Mineral Springs Democratic Committee have worked hard to get out the vote and make sure that local citizens know how important their vote is. In addition, the town has also seen an increase in grassroots campaigns focused on progressive issues, such as protecting the environment, supporting social justice initiatives, and fighting for economic inclusion. As a result, there has been an increase in voter turnout among residents in recent years as they strive to shape the future of their town.
The political climate in Mineral Springs, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, NC is strongly conservative. In Union County, NC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mineral Springs, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Mineral Springs, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Mineral Springs, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,111 contributions totaling $890,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,808 contributions totaling $2,277,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $598 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)