Eaton Rapids, MI is a small town located in Michigan’s Ingham County. It is a vibrant community with a rich history of volunteerism and local engagement. The town takes pride in its ability to work together and come up with creative solutions to challenges that emerge in the area. This spirit of collaboration is also reflected in the local politics. Eaton Rapids has an active City Council which works hard to ensure that the needs of the community are met. The Council includes representatives from each neighborhood within Eaton Rapids, as well as members from each political party. They strive to ensure that all voices have an opportunity to be heard, and that decisions made by the Council benefit all residents of the town. Additionally, Eaton Rapids holds regular elections for Mayor and City Council, allowing citizens to have their say on who should represent them at the local level. With this commitment to public involvement, Eaton Rapids continues to be a strong and vibrant community where everyone can feel they belong.
The political climate in Eaton Rapids, MI is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eaton Rapids, MI is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Eaton Rapids, Michigan: r r d d 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 Eaton Rapids, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 416 contributions totaling $25,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $15,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)