Millbrook, MI is a small town located in Michigan with a population of about 4,500 people. Being such a small town, the political landscape is quite minimal. There are only two local political candidates running for office within the municipality to represent the citizens of Millbrook. Furthermore, elections for mayor and city councilmembers take place every two years, providing residents an opportunity to select their representatives for the following term. Additionally, there are several local organizations that work to promote voter engagement as well as provide access to information on current issues that are being discussed and debated within the community at large. All in all, politics in Millbrook is fairly straightforward and residents can be confident in knowing they will have adequate representation from those who are elected into office.
The political climate in Millbrook, MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Mecosta County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecosta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Mecosta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Millbrook, MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Big Rapids Metro Area 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.
Millbrook, 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 Millbrook, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $3,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $16,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)