Colon, Michigan is a small town in St. Joseph County that is known for being the “Magic Capital of the World” due to its strong ties to the world of magic and performing arts. Politics in Colon, MI are not as heavily discussed as many other cities and towns because the population is so small. However, local politicians still work hard to represent their constituents and ensure that their voices are heard at a state level. The current Mayor of Colon is Rob Scott, who was elected into his third term in 2020. He has shown an unwavering commitment to ensuring that all citizens of Colon have access to basic amenities such as good schools, infrastructure, and safe neighborhoods. Other important local politicians include Council Members Cheryl Johnston, Mary Ellen Smith, and Rich Boyd. All of them work together with Rob Scott to ensure that Colon remains a vibrant small community with excellent quality of life for all its residents.
The political climate in Colon, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colon, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis 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.
Colon, 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 Colon, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)