Politics in Frankenmuth, MI are centered around ensuring the city’s small-town charm and providing a safe community for its residents. The city is served by an elected mayor and six commissioners, all of whom are dedicated to preserving the town’s unique culture while promoting economic growth. Each candidate puts forward plans for the future of Frankenmuth that focus on building a strong local economy, investing in the town’s public services, expanding recreational opportunities, and keeping taxes low. The citizens of Frankenmuth get to express their opinions at every election cycle, when they have the opportunity to choose who will represent them on the City Council. This tight-knit community is passionate about their political process and make sure their voices are heard through frequent town meetings and other avenues.
The political climate in Frankenmuth, MI is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Frankenmuth, MI is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Frankenmuth, Michigan: D d D D r 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 Frankenmuth, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $25,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $633 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 309 contributions totaling $50,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)