Forest Home, MI is a small town with a population of just over 6,000 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political landscape with several different local organizations and elected officials actively engaged in making decisions that affect the community. From the mayor to individual Town Commissioners, the local government works hard to ensure that the needs of all residents are addressed in a fair and equitable manner. Additionally, there are many civic organizations that are involved in advocating for various causes and initiatives throughout Forest Home. These organizations often work with local government officials to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important matters such as allocating resources or enacting policy initiatives. For those looking to get politically involved at a local level, Forest Home provides plenty of opportunities for both involvement and education on current issues facing the community.
The political climate in Forest Home, MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest Home, MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Forest Home, Michigan: R R R 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 Forest Home, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 636 contributions totaling $47,922 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $25,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)