Cannon, MI is a small town in the Midwest United States. The town is governed by its mayor and city council, who are elected by local citizens every four years. The candidates for these positions are typically local residents who have deep roots in the community and are passionate about making Cannon a better place to live. These candidates often come from different backgrounds and ideologies, which allows for healthy discourse and debate when it comes to local issues such as taxes, education, public safety, infrastructure and more. Every election cycle brings new ideas and initiatives that help shape the future of Cannon for generations to come.
The political climate in Cannon, MI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cannon, MI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Cannon, Michigan: R R d r r d
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 Cannon, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,765 contributions totaling $312,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,179 contributions totaling $1,515,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)