In 28167 Union Mills, NC, politics is an important part of the local community. The area is represented in the North Carolina General Assembly by Senator Jerry Tillman and Representative Garland Pierce. At the county level, Commissioner Maxton McDowell and Commissioner Robert Pait are the elected representatives for Union Mills. This small town is also home to many passionate citizens who care deeply about their local politics and voice their opinions at town meetings and other public forums. The local government encourages community involvement on a variety of issues such as economic development, healthcare, education, infrastructure improvements and more. Residents of Union Mills have a strong sense of civic pride which shines through in every aspect of life in this unique and vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 28167 (Union Mills, NC) is very 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
Zip 28167 (Union Mills, NC) is very conservative.
Union Mills, North Carolina is very 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.
Union 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 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 28167 (Union Mills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $4,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $1,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)