Cassopolis, MI is a small town in southwest Michigan with a population of around 2,500 people. The town's political system is overseen by an elected mayor and council. The Mayor serves a four year term and is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the town. The Cassopolis Council serves staggered terms with some members serving two year terms and others serving four year terms. The Council holds regular meetings to discuss issues facing the community and to make decisions on how best to address them. The town regularly holds local elections for mayor and council members, giving residents an opportunity to have their voices heard in local government. Local candidates are active in the community and participate in debates, forums, and other events to give voters an informed choice when it comes time for them to cast their ballots on election day.
The political climate in Cassopolis, MI is moderately conservative.
Cass County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MI 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.8%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cassopolis, MI is moderately conservative.
Cass County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
South Bend-Mishawaka Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Cassopolis, 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 Cassopolis, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $20,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $99,748 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)