Butman, MI is a small city located in the Midwest region of the United States. The city is governed by the Butman City Council, which consists of nine members elected at large. The current mayor of Butman is Mary Smith, who was elected to a four-year term in 2017. The council works together to make decisions on matters such as taxation, zoning and local ordinances. They also oversee services such as public safety, waste management and infrastructure projects. Many important decisions are made during their monthly meetings and public hearings that are open to the public for input and opinions. Throughout the year, Butman residents are encouraged to voice their opinions at these meetings and have their voices heard through local politics.
The political climate in Butman, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, MI is very conservative. In Gladwin County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gladwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 31.0%.
Gladwin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butman, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin 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.
Butman, Michigan: r r d 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 Butman, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $9,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $14,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)