Rock River, MI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is known for its strong sense of community and deep-rooted traditions. With a population of just under 10,000 people, Rock River has a vibrant political landscape with numerous candidates running for local office every election year. The local political scene consists of passionate individuals who strive to make Rock River an even better place to live. These candidates are committed to bringing new ideas and services to the town while preserving its unique charm. Every election year sees an exciting competition between many different candidates with varying ideologies as they vie for the votes of Rock River residents. It's always interesting to see how these campaigns play out and witness firsthand democracy in action!
The political climate in Rock River, 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
Rock River, 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.
Rock River, 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 Rock River, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $10,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)