Bridgehampton, MI is a small town in Midwestern Michigan with a population of 3,500. The local politics are focused on keeping the community safe and supporting local businesses. There are four members on the city council, all elected for four-year terms by the residents of Bridgehampton. The Mayor is elected by popular vote and serves a two-year term. All the candidates in Bridgehampton strive to make sure their actions benefit both current and future generations of residents; they want to make sure that everyone can continue to enjoy the small-town lifestyle and beauty that Bridgehampton has to offer. The city council meetings are open to the public, so everyone can get involved in the political process if they choose to do so. Overall, Bridgehampton is proud of its commitment to preserving its small-town atmosphere while still having a vibrant governmental system in place that ensures their voices are heard and their needs taken into consideration.
The political climate in Bridgehampton, MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgehampton, MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac 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.
Bridgehampton, 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 Bridgehampton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $4,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $7,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)