The politics in Spindale, NC are vibrant and diverse. The town is served by a mayor and four town council members who are elected to two-year terms. Each of the council members represents one of the four precincts in the town. Together they work to tackle local issues to ensure that the needs of citizens are met. The current mayor has been in office since 2017 and is seen as a leader who has been able to bring positive change to the community. Additionally, the city participates in nonpartisan elections for other public offices such as those for school boards and county commission seats. This gives citizens an opportunity to choose officials who will represent their interests at all levels of government. Overall, Spindale is a great place to live with strong civic engagement and dedicated politicians working hard on behalf of its citizens.
The political climate in Spindale, NC is moderately conservative.
Rutherford County, NC is very conservative. In Rutherford County, NC 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.5%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spindale, NC is moderately conservative.
Rutherford County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Forest City 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.
Spindale, 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 Spindale, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $30,039 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 653 contributions totaling $143,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)