Dickson, MI is a small town with a population of about 1,500 people. It has a history of strong political involvement in local issues and elections. The town is represented at the county level by the Dickson County Commissioners, who are responsible for maintaining and managing public services within the community such as roads, schools, police and fire departments. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will serve on this board. Each commissioner is responsible for enacting laws and policies that best serve the interests of their constituents while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Additionally, the city council works to ensure Dickson citizens have access to quality services like clean water, safe streets, and well maintained parks. Community involvement in local politics continues to be strong in Dickson as residents come together to make sure their voices are heard through public forums and events like candidate forums that allow voters to meet and ask questions directly to candidates running for office.
The political climate in Dickson, 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
Dickson, 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.
Dickson, 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 Dickson, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $5,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $8,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)