Whitney, MI is a small town located in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Despite its size, Whitney has a thriving political landscape that plays an important role in the everyday lives of residents. Locally, there are multiple elected officials who are responsible for making decisions that affect the town’s residents. These elected officials include city council members, school board members, and county commissioners. Additionally, these elected officials often work together to pass laws or initiatives that can benefit the community as a whole. During election season, voters are able to engage with candidates running for office and share their ideas for improving the town they call home. This interest and participation helps keep local politics active and vibrant as citizens take part in deciding who will represent them in government.
The political climate in Whitney, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac County, MI is very conservative. In Arenac County, MI 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arenac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.4%.
Arenac county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitney, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac 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.
Whitney, Michigan: d 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 Whitney, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $4,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $5,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)