Yankee Springs, MI is a small town located in southwest Michigan. It has a population of approximately 6,000 people and is a friendly and vibrant community. Politically speaking, the town is predominantly conservative with most of its residents voting for Republican candidates in local, state, and national elections. The town is represented in the state legislature by two representatives from the Republican party. There are also several local organizations dedicated to promoting political involvement within the community such as the Yankee Springs Committee for Political Action which encourages residents to register to vote and to stay informed on important issues. Additionally, there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved with their local government such as attending city council meetings or becoming involved with one of the numerous committees that serve the towns various needs. Overall, Yankee Springs is an active and engaged political environment that allows all citizens to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Yankee Springs, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yankee Springs, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood 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.
Yankee Springs, 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 Yankee Springs, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,236 contributions totaling $182,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 644 contributions totaling $215,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)