Arcada, MI is a small town with a population of about 2300 people. Despite its size, Arcada’s politics are quite active and there are several candidates running for office this year. Residents of Arcada take their political opinions seriously and they often come together to discuss local politics. Many of the issues that are being debated this election cycle include taxes, economic development, public safety, and education. The current mayor is an independent, but there are two candidates from the Republican party and one from the Democratic party vying for the seat. All three have different stances on these important issues and it will be interesting to see who will come out victorious after the polls close on Election Day.
The political climate in Arcada, MI is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, MI is strongly conservative. In Gratiot County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gratiot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.0%.
Gratiot county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arcada, MI is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alma Metro Area is strongly 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.
Arcada, Michigan: R 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 Arcada, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 250 contributions totaling $36,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $33,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)