Mills River, North Carolina is an unincorporated community located in Henderson County. Politically, the town is part of the Republican-leaning 11th Congressional district and is represented by Representative Madison Cawthorn. The town sends two representatives to the North Carolina House of Representatives - Chuck McGrady and Cody Henson. At the local level, the Mills River Town Council consists of five members who are responsible for making decisions on important matters related to business development, infrastructure and public safety. The council's decisions are also informed by input from local residents who can voice their opinions at monthly meetings held at Town Hall. In addition to local politics, Mills River residents are actively involved in state and national elections, voting in large numbers for candidates who share their values and interests.
The political climate in Zip 28759 (Mills River, NC) is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Henderson County, NC 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.8%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28759 (Mills River, NC) is moderately conservative.
Mills River, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Asheville 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.
Mills River, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 28759 (Mills River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $8,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $13,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)