California, MI is an unincorporated community located in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a quiet rural area that relies heavily on its natural resources and local businesses for economic stability. In terms of politics, the town generally votes Republican in state and national elections. The majority of local candidates are also typically Republicans, and the candidate’s qualifications are based on their ability to best represent the interests of California’s residents. Local politics focuses primarily on providing quality public services to residents, such as maintaining good roads and providing access to broadband internet. Additionally, there is a strong emphasis on preserving natural resources while also attracting new businesses opportunities to help keep the economy thriving.
The political climate in California, MI is very conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
California, MI is very conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area 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.
California, 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 California, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $2,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $6,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)