The politics of Bay Port, MI are vibrant and engaging. Elected officials at the local level have a significant influence on the day-to-day operations of the city. The Bay Port City Council is composed of five members who are elected to serve staggered two-year terms. At the helm is the mayor, currently Mayor Jack Smith, who has served in office since 2018. Residents of Bay Port regularly weigh in on local issues at City Council meetings, providing valuable input into municipal decisions. Beyond that, citizens actively participate in local elections by getting involved with campaigning and voting for their preferred candidates. As such, Bay Port remains dedicated to being an engaged and participatory democracy that encourages its residents to take part in the political process.
The political climate in Bay Port, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay Port, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron 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.
Bay Port, 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 Bay Port, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)