Essex, Michigan is a small city located just outside of Detroit. It has an active political presence that is mostly centered around the local elections that take place in the city. During local elections, residents are able to elect representatives to their city council and other governing positions. The city council works with the citizens of Essex to ensure that all areas of the city are properly represented and taken care of. Additionally, Essex is part of larger state-wide government, where representatives from Essex work together with those from other cities in Michigan to make sure that statewide policies and initiatives benefit all Michigan communities equally. As such, politics in Essex are important for both local and statewide interests.
The political climate in Essex, MI is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Clinton County, MI 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Essex, MI is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Essex, 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 Essex, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $24,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $16,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)