Brown, MI is a small town located in the Northern area of Michigan. Despite its small size, the politics of Brown are important to its citizens. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members that are elected by the people every two years. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected for a third term in 2020, and the four council members are Mary Johnson, Tom Walker, Alex Jones and Sarah Brown. The local political scene in Brown involves issues such as ensuring adequate funding for its services such as schools and public works projects, making sure that all residents have access to necessary resources like clean water or affordable housing, and advocating for policies that promote economic development. While some may disagree on specific solutions for these issues, many agree that having an active political process in Brown is essential to ensure progress in this small community.
The political climate in Brown, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brown, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Brown, Michigan: d r D d 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 Brown, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 348 contributions totaling $190,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $548 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $93,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)