White Cloud, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. While the town may be small, it has an active political life. The White Cloud City Council is responsible for many of the decisions that affect the community and its citizens. The city council is comprised of a mayor and six council members who are all elected by the residents of White Cloud. Each member serves a two-year term and they hold regular meetings to discuss proposed legislation and handle other important matters related to the city’s governance. In addition to the city council, there are several local candidates who run for office each year on both the state and federal level. Residents of White Cloud have the opportunity to make their voice heard by voting for those candidates that best represent their interests and values.
The political climate in White Cloud, MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Cloud, MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, Michigan is very 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.
White Cloud, 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 White Cloud, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)