Mount Pleasant, MI is a vibrant city with a strong sense of community and political engagement. The city is home to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, who have a robust history of political leadership and activism in the area. On the local level, Mount Pleasant has seen several elections for mayor, city council members, and school board members in recent years. These elections have been characterized by high voter turnouts and passionate debates about issues facing the community. Topics such as economic development, public safety, and education funding have all been discussed during these elections. In addition to local races, Mount Pleasant residents also have opportunities to participate in national politics through their involvement with state representatives and senators. All in all, politics plays an important role in Mount Pleasant’s culture and identity.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, MI is leaning liberal.
Isabella County, MI is leaning conservative. In Isabella County, MI 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isabella county remained Republican, 50.3% to 47.7%.
Isabella county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, MI is leaning liberal.
Isabella County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Mount Pleasant Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan: d d D d 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 Mount Pleasant, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,912 contributions totaling $644,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 484 contributions totaling $387,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $800 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)