Winterfield, MI is a small town with a population of 8,222 people. Despite its small size, there are still many local political candidates who are vying for the attention and support of the citizens of Winterfield. These candidates come from both major political parties, as well as minor political groups, and they offer different visions and ideas to improve the local community. Every election season brings exciting debates and conversations between these candidates as they make their case for why they should be chosen to lead the city. Although each candidate has a different approach to leading Winterfield, all hope to make it a better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Winterfield, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winterfield, MI is strongly conservative.
Clare 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.
Winterfield, Michigan: d r 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 Winterfield, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 209 contributions totaling $20,257 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $9,129 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)