Holly, MI is a small town located in Central Michigan. It is known for its friendly people and beautiful scenery, but most of all it is known for its politics. Politics in Holly are quite diverse, with many different political views represented by local candidates who run for office each election cycle. The city council consists of five members and the mayor, all of whom are elected by the citizens. Each election cycle, there are usually a few candidates from each major political party running for office. Issues that are important to voters in Holly include public safety, road maintenance and improvements, economic development and job growth, environmental protection, education reform, and social services. Candidates tend to have strong stances on these issues so that voters can easily identify their position. Local debates between the candidates take place before Election Day to give voters an opportunity to ask questions and hear each candidate's ideas on how best to solve Holly's problems.
The political climate in Holly, MI is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holly, MI is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Holly, Michigan: d d D d d D
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 Holly, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $30,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $35,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)