Big Creek, MI is a small town with a population of about 6,000 people. Its local government is made up of representatives from each of the six wards in the town. The mayor and city council are elected every three years by Big Creek residents in order to represent them and make important decisions about the town's future. The current mayor and council have put forth initiatives such as new business incentives to increase employment opportunities for citizens, as well as investing in public infrastructure projects to enhance livability for all residents. As a community, Big Creek strives to be responsive to its citizens' needs and provide quality services that can make life better for everyone.
The political climate in Big Creek, MI is strongly conservative.
Oscoda County, MI is very conservative. In Oscoda County, MI 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oscoda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.5%.
Oscoda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Creek, MI is strongly conservative.
Oscoda 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.
Big Creek, 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 Big Creek, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 164 contributions totaling $66,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $21,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)