Moltke, Michigan is a small, rural town located in the Midwestern United States. Despite its small size, the politics of Moltke are important. The town is served by an elected mayor and city council members who work to create policies that best suit the needs of their constituents. Elections for mayor and council members occur every two years and are open to all eligible voters in Moltke. The current mayor and city council have worked together to pass legislation that has improved public safety, transportation infrastructure, community development projects, and other measures that benefit the people of Moltke. Residents of Moltke take pride in their local government and eagerly participate in the democratic process by voting for candidates they feel will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Moltke, MI is strongly conservative.
Presque Isle County, MI is strongly conservative. In Presque Isle County, MI 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Presque Isle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.8%.
Presque Isle county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moltke, MI is strongly conservative.
Presque Isle 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.
Moltke, Michigan: r 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 Moltke, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $7,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $17,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)