Grand Island, MI is a small rural town located in the Northeastern region of Michigan. It is home to a population of just over 5,000 people. The local government in Grand Island is run by an elected Mayor and council members representing each ward of the city. The current mayor is Bob Smith who has served since 2010 and prioritizes providing quality services to the citizens of Grand Island. Local issues that are frequently discussed include economic development, revitalization efforts, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. In addition to these topics, the local political candidates often focus on increasing access to job opportunities in the area and providing better educational resources for students living in Grand Island. With its close-knit community atmosphere, residents are passionate about their town and love participating in local politics through voting, attending meetings, or volunteering for various civic organizations.
The political climate in Grand Island, MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, MI is moderately conservative. In Alger County, MI 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alger county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.0%.
Alger county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Island, MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Grand Island, Michigan: r d 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 Grand Island, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $8,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $12,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)