In Boiling Spring Lakes, NC (zip code 28461), politics are governed on the municipal level by a Mayor and five members of the City Council. They are elected to four-year terms by registered voters in the city and decisions made by them largely affect local residents. The Mayor is responsible for setting policy and presiding over meetings and the council is responsible for passing ordinances, approving budgets and setting policies. Local political issues often include land use, infrastructure repairs, taxes and zoning regulations. In recent years, much discussion has focused on initiatives regarding economic growth, environmental protection and community development. The city also works closely with neighboring townships to ensure mutual support and collaboration so that all citizens can enjoy the quality services they deserve.
The political climate in Zip 28461 (Boiling Spring Lakes, NC) is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, NC is strongly conservative. In Brunswick County, NC 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.9%.
Brunswick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28461 (Boiling Spring Lakes, NC) is moderately conservative.
Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metro Area is strongly 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 Spring Lakes, 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 28461 (Boiling Spring Lakes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,165 contributions totaling $141,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 526 contributions totaling $80,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)