Gerrish, MI is a small town with a population of around 4,000 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who serve four-year terms. Each election cycle, candidates from both main political parties run for office in order to represent the citizens of Gerrish. In recent years, the town has become increasingly politically diverse, with candidates representing different views and values running each year. The mayoral incumbent typically runs on a platform of fiscal responsibility while also focusing on improving local services such as road repair and public safety initiatives. The council races are often closely contested between candidates who have different ideas about how best to serve the residents of Gerrish. In recent years there has been an effort to encourage more civic engagement which has resulted in higher voter turnout during local elections and an increase in political discourse among the citizens of Gerrish.
The political climate in Gerrish, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gerrish, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Gerrish, Michigan: d r d 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 Gerrish, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $32,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $12,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)