Fair Plain, MI is a small town located in the midwestern United States. Although it is small in size, its citizens take their political views and rights very seriously. From local elections to national policies, the people of Fair Plain strive to have their voices heard. The town has a mayor and city council members who are elected by the citizens every four years. Additionally, there are many registered voters who go to the polls each election cycle to cast their votes for various candidates at all levels of government. They also actively participate in volunteer activities such as voter registration drives and attending rallies advocating for causes they believe in. Because democracy plays such an important role here, Fair Plain residents take great pride in being involved with politics that affects their community.
The political climate in Fair Plain, MI is leaning liberal.
Berrien County, MI is leaning conservative. In Berrien County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berrien county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.3%.
Berrien county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fair Plain, MI is leaning liberal.
Berrien County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Niles Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fair Plain, 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 Fair Plain, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,496 contributions totaling $66,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $63,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)