Mint Hill, NC is a small town located near Charlotte, North Carolina. It is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of pride in the local area. The politics in Mint Hill are quite unique as there is an emphasis on local issues and supporting the community. There is a focus on creating a vibrant economy through job growth, maintaining safe neighborhoods, and providing quality education for all citizens. In addition to local elections, the residents also participate in state and national elections and are vocal about their opinions and values. Candidates for office must stand up for the values that are important to the people of Mint Hill if they want to be successful. Residents are engaged in politics because they know that their voices matter and what happens in Mint Hill affects everyone that lives here.
The political climate in Mint Hill, NC is somewhat liberal.
Mecklenburg County, NC is very liberal. In Mecklenburg County, NC 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Mecklenburg county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mint Hill, NC is somewhat liberal.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is very liberal.
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.
Mint Hill, North Carolina: r d D D D D
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 Mint Hill, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,448 contributions totaling $435,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,268 contributions totaling $544,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)