Forsyth, MI is a small town in Michigan with a population of around 3,000 people. Despite its size, Forsyth has an active political landscape that helps shape the community. Locally, there are several different political parties represented in Forsyth including Republicans and Democrats. In recent years, local elections have seen a variety of candidates with different ideologies vying for the same positions. Each party has their own platform and ideas about how to improve the town and its citizens. The current mayor of Forsyth is a Democrat who ran on a platform of creating more job opportunities for residents and investing in infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks. Other local politicians have been focused on reducing crime rates and improving the quality of life for all citizens within the town limits. Overall, politics in Forsyth are an important factor when it comes to shaping the future of this small Michigan community.
The political climate in Forsyth, MI is leaning conservative.
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forsyth, MI is leaning conservative.
Marquette County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Marquette Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Forsyth, Michigan: D d D D d D
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 Forsyth, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,860 contributions totaling $62,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $15,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)