Bay City, MI is a thriving Midwestern community located in the Saginaw Bay area of Lake Huron. The city has a diverse economy with strong foundations in manufacturing, healthcare, education and finance. Politically, Bay City is represented by a number of elected officials who serve to protect and advocate for the citizens of the city. At the local level, Bay City is served by an elected seven-member City Commission which makes major decisions about municipal matters such as budgetary issues, public works projects and development initiatives. Additionally, Bay City also has two representatives in the Michigan House of Representatives and one State Senator who represent the city on state issues. Overall, Bay City prides itself on having strong representation from elected officials who work diligently to ensure that all citizens have their voices heard on both local and state levels of government.
The political climate in Bay City, MI is leaning conservative.
Bay County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Bay County, MI 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Bay county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay City, MI is leaning conservative.
Bay County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Bay City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bay City, 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 Bay City, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,468 contributions totaling $93,063 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $53,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)