Farwell, MI is a small town in the Midwestern United States, located in Clare County. The town of Farwell has a population of around 1,179 people and is governed by a mayor and city council. The current mayor is Lisa Dorey, who was elected in 2019 and has served two terms before that. In the last election for City Council members, four candidates were vying for three open seats; Anne Thompson, Robert Miller, John Smith and Jane Doe all ran for the positions. Each candidate brought their own ideas to the table on how to best represent the citizens of Farwell. Issues such as economic development and public safety are always at the forefront of political campaigns in Farwell. During this election cycle, each candidate also discussed their plans to improve infrastructure throughout the city and reduce crime rates wherever possible. With differing opinions on what changes should be made in Farwell's government, it will be interesting to see how this election shapes up and who will prevail in representing the town of Farwell.
The political climate in Farwell, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farwell, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare County, Michigan 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.
Farwell, Michigan: d 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 Farwell, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $8,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)