Carrollton, MI is an unincorporated community located in the southwest corner of Bay County. While not having a formal government, it is still home to many active citizens who are politically engaged. Residents of Carrollton often attend local town hall meetings and events where they can voice their opinions about current political issues that affect their community. They also participate in voter registration drives and volunteer for local campaigns. Many Carrollton residents are well informed on topics such as affordable housing, education reform, environmental protection, taxation policies, and county services. These individuals proudly cast their ballot in every local election to make sure their voices are heard and help shape the future of their city.
The political climate in Carrollton, MI is leaning liberal.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carrollton, MI is leaning liberal.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Carrollton, Michigan: D d D D r d
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 Carrollton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 655 contributions totaling $35,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $41,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)