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Clare, MI is a small town located in Central Michigan in the heart of the Great Lakes region. It has a population of around 5,000 people and is known for its rural charm and strong sense of community. The town is governed by an elected mayor and city council that oversees various departments related to public safety, infrastructure, code compliance, and recreational activities. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues important to Clare residents such as maintaining local roads, attracting new businesses to the area, and providing essential services like water and sanitation. Local elections are held every two years with residents electing representatives to serve on the council. Candidates typically focus their campaigns on fiscal responsibility, economic development, environmental sustainability, and social concerns such as education and health care. Clare's political system encourages participation from citizens by providing an accessible platform for information exchange between city leaders and local residents.

The political climate in Clare, MI is moderately conservative.

Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Clare, MI is moderately conservative.


Clare 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.

Clare, Michigan: d 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 Clare, MI

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 276 contributions totaling $6,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $18,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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