South Mills, NC is a small town located in Camden County. It is a mainly rural area that offers its residents an opportunity to experience a peaceful, slower paced lifestyle. The town has seen some growth in recent years, but still maintains the same small-town charm with its quaint downtown and friendly locals. When it comes to politics, South Mills supports conservative ideals with Republican candidates often earning the most votes from local elections. However, there are some progressive-leaning voters that also live in the area and have made their voices heard during local elections as well. Regardless of political views, the citizens of South Mills always come together to ensure they have the best representation to make decisions for their community.
The political climate in South Mills, NC is very conservative.
Camden County, NC is very conservative. In Camden County, NC 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 25.8%.
Camden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Mills, NC is very conservative.
Camden County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Elizabeth City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
South Mills, 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 South Mills, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $3,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)