Fredonia, MI is a small town located in the Great Lakes region of Michigan. Despite its size, Fredonia has politics that affect its citizens just like any other place. Currently, there are two major political parties in Fredonia: the Democrats and Republicans. Both parties have an active presence within the town and regularly campaign for their candidates during elections. The main issues facing Fredonia include education, healthcare, infrastructure development, and economic growth. There have been several local election campaigns recently that focused on these issues and saw lively debates between the different candidates. While people may disagree on which party or candidate is better suited to address these issues, all citizens can agree that maintaining a strong political presence in Fredonia is important to ensure that everyone’s needs are taken into consideration when it comes to decision-making processes.
The political climate in Fredonia, MI is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fredonia, MI is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek 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.
Fredonia, 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 Fredonia, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 708 contributions totaling $46,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $38,799 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)