Filer City, MI is an important political center for the local region. It has long been a major part of state and national politics, and many important figures have made their mark in the city. The city is represented by an elected mayor and six city council members. In addition to these officials, there are several other local political organizations representing the citizens of Filer City. These include the Filer City Democratic Committee, Republican Party of Filer City, and the Filer City Green Party. Each of these groups works to ensure that the people of Filer City have their voices heard in government matters. There are also local campaigns for both federal and state candidates in order to ensure that residents have representation at both levels. Overall, politics in Filer City is vibrant and active with all sides working together to make sure that policies benefit everyone living in this great city.
The political climate in Filer City, MI is somewhat 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
Filer City, MI is somewhat 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.
Filer City, 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 Filer City, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $187,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $85,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $790 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)