Essexville, MI is a city located in Bay County, Michigan and its political landscape is diverse. The city has a mayor-council form of government and the mayor is elected at-large for two year terms. The city also has an elected City Council which consists of seven members who are each elected to serve four year terms. The council elects a President from among its members who presides over the meetings and acts as spokesperson for the council. Essexville has an active political scene with local candidates campaigning actively during election season to gain support from the residents. In recent years, there have been many changes in the city's government including an increase in taxes, new infrastructure projects, and increases in public services. Despite these changes, Essexville continues to be one of Michigan's most prosperous cities by providing its citizens with quality education, safe neighborhoods, and business opportunities.
The political climate in Essexville, MI is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Bay County, MI 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Bay county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Essexville, MI is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Bay City Metro Area 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.
Essexville, Michigan: D d 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 Essexville, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 855 contributions totaling $53,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $14,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)