Eau Claire, MI is a small town located in the central part of Michigan. It is governed by a mayor and a seven-member city council who make decisions about the town's budget, infrastructure, and other important matters. They also work with local organizations to make sure there are job opportunities, affordable housing, and recreational activities for its citizens. The city council is composed of elected representatives from each ward in Eau Claire. The mayor works with the council members to ensure that all areas of the city are represented in their policymaking decisions. There are numerous political campaigns taking place throughout Eau Claire each election season, giving residents plenty of opportunity to get involved in their local politics. Every year candidates from both major parties run for office in Eau Claire and many grassroots campaigns have been successful as well. Local elections can be an exciting time for all who live in Eau Claire to participate in democracy and help shape its future.
The political climate in Eau Claire, MI is moderately conservative.
Berrien County, MI is leaning conservative. In Berrien County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berrien county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.3%.
Berrien county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eau Claire, MI is moderately conservative.
Berrien County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Niles Metro Area is leaning 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.
Eau Claire, 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 Eau Claire, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $8,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $4,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)