Arthur, MI is a small village in the state of Michigan with a population of approximately 500 people. Due to its size, the politics of Arthur are much more grassroots and focused on local decisions rather than large national issues. The local political scene in Arthur is largely made up of locally elected representatives who work together to make decisions that positively impact the community. These representatives work together in order to ensure that all residents receive fair representation and that their needs are met. With regards to political candidates, Arthur does not typically include names in this context as local elections are decided by vote and not name recognition.
The political climate in Arthur, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arthur, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare County, Michigan 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.
Arthur, Michigan: d r d 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 Arthur, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $24,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $31,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)