Baltimore is a small city located in Macomb County, Michigan. It has a population of approximately 8,000 people and is part of the suburban Detroit area. While Baltimore does not have its own local political candidates, it participates actively in state and national elections by voting for candidates from various parties. The city also has a strong interest in local politics, with civic groups and other organizations dedicated to advocating for the citizens' concerns in government. Recently, these groups have focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection. Baltimore residents are known to be passionate about their local politics and often work together to make positive changes for their community.
The political climate in Baltimore, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baltimore, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Baltimore, 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 Baltimore, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,004 contributions totaling $33,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 539 contributions totaling $219,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)