Arlington, MI is a small town located in Northern Michigan. Despite its size, it is an active political hub with important local issues being discussed and debated. The local government works hard to ensure the community has what it needs to thrive and grow. In recent years, the focus has been on improving infrastructure by investing in roads and parks as well as working to attract new businesses to the area. Local candidates for office are also regularly campaigning around town, engaging with voters and discussing their plans for the future of Arlington. Through its commitment to providing quality services and fostering growth, Arlington continues to be an example of good local politics.
The political climate in Arlington, MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Arlington, Michigan: r r d d 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 Arlington, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 415 contributions totaling $20,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $22,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)