Parchment, MI has a long and proud history of political participation in the local community. Over the years, several local candidates have been elected to city council and other public offices. Currently, the mayor of Parchment is Joseph Plank. He has been serving in this role since 2014 and is very committed to upholding the values and traditions of Parchment’s citizens. There are seven city council members who serve three-year terms; two are appointed by the mayor, one by each district's county commissioner, and four are elected at large by the people. Additionally, many residents of Parchment actively engage in local politics through various organizations such as churches and civic organizations. Their hard work helps ensure that their voices are heard in state and national decisions that impact their community.
The political climate in Parchment, MI is somewhat liberal.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parchment, MI is somewhat liberal.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Parchment, 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 Parchment, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,111 contributions totaling $35,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $4,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)