Atlanta, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The town has a population of about 2,500 and is known for its close-knit community. As far as politics are concerned, the citizens of Atlanta have remained strongly involved in their local political scene for many years. Every election cycle, local residents come out to cast their votes for candidates running for city council seats and other offices. Candidates typically have strong ties to the community and understand the unique challenges that come with governing a small town like Atlanta. Involvement in civic affairs remains high amongst the locals and there are often lively debates about what initiatives will be most beneficial to the entire community.
The political climate in Atlanta, MI is strongly conservative.
Montmorency County, MI is very conservative. In Montmorency County, MI 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montmorency county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.8%.
Montmorency county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atlanta, MI is strongly conservative.
Montmorency 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.
Atlanta, 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 Atlanta, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $8,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $5,118 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)