Batavia, MI is a small town located in Genesee County, Michigan. The town is home to many diverse people and cultures. Politically, the town is quite conservative and typically votes Republican. In recent years, local elections have seen a large influx of Republican candidates running for office, with most of them winning their respective races. The current mayor is a Republican who has held the position since 2018. The city council consists of three members from each of the major political parties: Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian. Each year, local citizens have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate in the municipal elections. All issues that affect the citizens are discussed and voted on by the City Council. In addition to this, there are many other ways for citizens to get involved in politics in Batavia such as attending public meetings or volunteering with local campaigns.
The political climate in Batavia, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batavia, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area 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.
Batavia, 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 Batavia, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $15,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $39,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)