Au Gres, MI is a small town located in Michigan’s Arenac County. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged, with many citizens actively participating in local politics. Recently, there have been debates over taxes and the budget for public services such as police departments and fire stations among other topics. Local political candidates running for office are always eager to discuss the issues that matter most to the people of Au Gres. They host regular town meetings and events so that everyone can have their voice heard and contribute to developing policy solutions. This is an example of how the citizens of Au Gres come together to make sure their voices are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Au Gres, MI is moderately conservative.
Arenac County, MI is very conservative. In Arenac County, MI 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arenac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.4%.
Arenac county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Au Gres, MI is moderately conservative.
Arenac 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.
Au Gres, Michigan: d d 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 Au Gres, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)