Boiling Springs, NC is a small town located in Cleveland County, North Carolina. It is a rural community that places a high value on preserving its traditional culture and values. Politically, the town has traditionally been conservative-leaning, with the majority of residents voting for Republican candidates in both local and national elections. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in voter registration from Democrats and Independents as more people move to the area. Boiling Springs also prides itself on having an active civic engagement among residents with many actively participating in local politics. The town actively encourages participation from citizens by hosting debates and forums between political candidates running for local office as well as encouraging people to vote during elections. Boiling Springs recognizes the importance of having engaged citizens who are informed about issues like taxes, education, healthcare, infrastructure and economic development.
The political climate in Boiling Springs, NC is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, NC is very conservative. In Cleveland County, NC 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 33.0%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boiling Springs, NC is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Shelby Metro Area is very 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.
Boiling 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 Boiling Springs, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $3,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $12,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)