The politics in 28777 Spruce Pine, NC are shaped by the local citizens and their commitment to representation. The county is represented at the state level by several local elected officials, including a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and a member of the North Carolina Senate. At the federal level, it is represented by Congressman Patrick McHenry in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to these political representatives, there are a number of civic organizations in 28777 Spruce Pine that assist in advocating for various causes and issues on behalf of the community. Moreover, 28777 Spruce Pine also hosts a number of public forums throughout the year where residents can address their concerns and receive feedback from their representatives. All these efforts demonstrate how much passion and dedication the people have towards making sure they are heard on matters important to them.
The political climate in Zip 28777 (Spruce Pine, NC) is very conservative.
Mitchell County, NC is very conservative. In Mitchell County, NC 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.7%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28777 (Spruce Pine, NC) is very conservative.
Spruce Pine, North Carolina is very conservative.
Mitchell County, North Carolina is very conservative.
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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.
Spruce Pine, 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 28777 (Spruce Pine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $8,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $12,088 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)