The small city of Onota, MI is an idyllic place to live with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. It is home to a variety of businesses and local amenities that provide the residents with everything they need. Although it is small, Onota has a vibrant political landscape. City council meetings are regularly attended by citizens interested in staying up-to-date on current events, and the numerous candidates for office often debate passionately about their ideas to move the city forward. Local candidates come from diverse backgrounds and have a variety of approaches to solving problems in the community. Political discourse within the city is spirited but respectful, revealing just how much Onota values its citizens’ voices in deciding what is best for them and their city as a whole.
The political climate in Onota, MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, MI is moderately conservative. In Alger County, MI 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alger county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.0%.
Alger county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Onota, MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Onota, Michigan: r d 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 Onota, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,338 contributions totaling $183,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 360 contributions totaling $91,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)