Branch, MI is a small town located in the middle of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Despite its size, Branch has an exciting and active political scene. Regularly held elections decide on representatives for local offices such as mayor, county commissioner, and school board member. Campaigns for these positions are often heated and hotly contested due to the close proximity of many of Branch's residents. This tight-knit community makes it easy for candidates to reach out and talk with many people about their policies. The citizens of Branch take their politics seriously, so each candidate must be thoroughly prepared when running in an election.
The political climate in Branch, MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mason County, MI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Branch, MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ludington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Branch, Michigan: R 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 Branch, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)