Almont, Michigan is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. Its politics are primarily focused on local issues that affect its residents such as keeping taxes low, protecting public safety, and providing quality education for its children. The town is served by a Mayor and several councillors who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Mayor serves as the head of government and oversees all local legislative matters. Councillors represent the various wards throughout Almont and have their own committees to review important issues that affect their constituents. On election days, residents come out in large numbers to cast their votes for candidates who they believe will best represent their interests. With an engaged electorate, Almont remains well-connected with its citizens and committed to delivering on its promises.
The political climate in Almont, MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, MI is very conservative. In Lapeer County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lapeer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Lapeer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Almont, MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, Michigan is very conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Almont, 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 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 Almont, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 285 contributions totaling $5,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $27,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)