Mackinaw, MI is a quaint town located in the beautiful state of Michigan. It is home to a tight-knit community that values its local political elections. Elections for mayor and city council take place every two years, giving residents the opportunity to have their voices heard on the issues that matter most to them. The elections are highly contested with multiple candidates vying for the top spots and passionate debates taking place between each side. The town is committed to making sure that everyone’s opinions are taken into consideration when making decisions and policies. Residents of Mackinaw are proud of their local government and take part in all civic duties, like voting on referendums and initiatives, attending local meetings with elected officials, and supporting political candidates during campaigns.
The political climate in Mackinaw, MI is moderately conservative.
Cheboygan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cheboygan County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheboygan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.2%.
Cheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mackinaw, MI is moderately conservative.
Cheboygan 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.
Mackinaw, Michigan: R R r 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 Mackinaw, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $37,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $37,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)