Girard, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The town has a strong sense of community and is known for its locally owned businesses and rural beauty. On the political front, Girard voters are represented in the Michigan State Legislature by Rep. Sara Cambensy and Senator Ed McBroom, both Democrats. In addition to local representation in the state legislature, Girard also has local representation at the county level through their Board of Commissioners, which is made up of seven members that are elected to four-year terms. Members of this board have a hand in deciding how public funds are allocated for various projects within the county such as public schools, libraries, roads, and other infrastructure initiatives. Additionally, they provide services such as 4-H youth organizations and trail maintenance along with many other tasks related to county government operations. Therefore Girard's citizens have a reliable voice at both the state and local levels when it comes to politics in their community.
The political climate in Girard, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Girard, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area is very 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.
Girard, 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 Girard, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 425 contributions totaling $50,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $56,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)