Rapid City, MI is home to a vibrant political scene with many engaged citizens. Every year, local elections are held for positions such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. Citizens of Rapid City take their civic duties seriously, actively participating in the democratic process by researching candidates and their platforms, attending city council meetings, and voting for the candidate who will best represent their interests. There is a wide variety of political parties represented in Rapid City ranging from conservative to progressive values. The diverse population of Rapid City contributes to the vibrant political climate with people from different backgrounds bringing different perspectives to the table. This helps create an inclusive atmosphere where all citizens can have their voices heard on important issues facing the city.
The political climate in Rapid City, MI is strongly conservative.
Kalkaska County, MI is very conservative. In Kalkaska County, MI 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalkaska county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 28.2%.
Kalkaska county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rapid City, MI is strongly conservative.
Kalkaska County, Michigan is very conservative.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Rapid City, 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 Rapid City, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $5,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $6,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)