The politics of Higgins, MI are an important part of the community. The city is governed by a mayor-council system, and citizens often engage in debates and discussions about local issues like zoning, taxation, public safety, and other aspects of civic life. Each four-year term, the residents of Higgins elect a new mayor from among several candidates running for office. In addition to electing city leaders, Higgins citizens also weigh in on statewide and national political matters through their votes in elections for state and federal representatives. The people of Higgins take pride in their ability to influence the course of government both locally and nationwide.
The political climate in Higgins, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Higgins, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, Michigan 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.
Higgins, 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 Higgins, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 908 contributions totaling $71,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $28,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)