Bad Axe, MI is a small town in the rural Midwest of the United States. The town is governed by an elected city council that serves as the local governing body. The current mayor of Bad Axe, MI is Mark Britten and he has held this position since 2018. The city council consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms on a rotating basis. Each member’s election term lasts until the next municipal election in 2022. During their terms, city councillors are responsible for making decisions which affect local policy and services such as public works projects, community safety initiatives, and budgeting processes. Bad Axe’s government is committed to serving its citizens with integrity and transparency while engaging them in decision-making throughout the year and at elections.
The political climate in Bad Axe, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bad Axe, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron 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.
Bad Axe, 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 Bad Axe, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,679 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $15,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)