The city of Friendship, MI is a vibrant community with many different political views. It has a strong sense of civic responsibility and encourages citizens to express their views in a respectful manner. The city leaders are dedicated to finding solutions to the challenges facing the city and have invested in initiatives such as public safety programs, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and cultural enrichment activities. While the city does not have any local political candidates running for office at this time, citizens can still get involved in local politics by volunteering for campaigns or attending City Council meetings. The people of Friendship are passionate about making sure their voices are heard and that their opinions are respected when it comes to crafting policies that will make life easier for everyone within the town limits.
The political climate in Friendship, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Friendship, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet 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.
Friendship, 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 Friendship, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 690 contributions totaling $137,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $255,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $714 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)