The Flint, MI Metro Area is a vibrant place that is home to many different organizations and individuals. The area is politically active and its citizens regularly participate in local elections and engage in civic discourse. Local candidates are often discussed on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, with the majority of voters supporting their hometown representatives. In addition to this, the area has some strong advocacy organizations which work to create positive change for the people of Flint. These organizations range from environmental groups that focus on improving air quality to civil rights groups that work to protect vulnerable populations. No matter what the issue is, there are many voices in the metro area advocating for change in order to make Flint a better place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Flint Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Flint Metro Area 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Flint metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
The Flint metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flint Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Flint, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Flint Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,252 contributions totaling $1,271,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,723 contributions totaling $750,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)