Cadillac, MI 49601 has a vibrant political environment with many local candidates running for various positions each election season. The City of Cadillac is small but diverse with close to 11,000 residents. The city is led by Mayor Maureen Donker who was re-elected in 2019 for her fourth term in office. This past year, the city council saw several new faces elected, including Councilmember Toni Armstrong and Councilmember Robert Aull. Both Toni and Robert bring unique perspectives to the table and have been active members of the community for many years. Cadillac also boasts an active and engaged electorate that takes part in debates, forums, and town halls throughout election season. With such a strong showing from both citizens and local officials alike, it's no wonder why Cadillac remains an important political center in Michigan.
The political climate in Zip 49601 (Cadillac, MI) is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, MI is very conservative. In Wexford County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wexford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.9%.
Wexford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49601 (Cadillac, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cadillac, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac Metro Area is very 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.
Cadillac, Michigan: 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 49601 (Cadillac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $16,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $25,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)