Whitewater, MI is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. As such, it has a relatively small local political scene. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who are all committed to representing the best interests of their constituents. The mayor and council regularly engage with local community groups and organizations to ensure that everyone's voice is heard. Local elections occur every two years, allowing for residents to decide who will represent them in their government. Whitewater has a strong sense of civic duty and encourages its citizens to get involved in the local political process to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Whitewater, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitewater, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning 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.
Whitewater, 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 Whitewater, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,548 contributions totaling $545,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 778 contributions totaling $251,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)