Breckenridge, Michigan is a small town located in Isabella County. The local political environment is focused on providing the best services and policies to its citizens. The local government of Breckenridge is headed by the mayor and other elected officials such as city council members and township supervisors who work together to ensure that their constituents have access to quality municipal services. The city of Breckenridge also has a charter review committee that meets yearly to re-examine the city's charter and recommend changes or additions. Locally, there are many organizations dedicated to community involvement such as non-profits, civic associations, business leaders, and volunteers, who all contribute to making Breckenridge a great place to live.
The political climate in Breckenridge, MI is moderately conservative.
Gratiot County, MI is strongly conservative. In Gratiot County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gratiot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.0%.
Gratiot county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Breckenridge, MI is moderately conservative.
Gratiot County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alma Metro Area is strongly 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.
Breckenridge, 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 Breckenridge, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)