Grass Lake, MI is located in Jackson County and has a vibrant political climate. The city prides itself on local involvement in the political process, with residents actively engaging in debates about important issues facing their community. Grass Lake is home to a variety of different political groups, including Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and more. Local officials seek to represent the community's diverse interests with an eye towards creating the best future for the people of Grass Lake. Campaigns during election season focus on topics ranging from public safety initiatives to infrastructure improvements and tax reform. Grass Lake residents are passionate about their politics and take part in regular debates and public forums that help shape the direction of their town's future.
The political climate in Grass Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grass Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Grass Lake, Michigan: r 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 Grass Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $33,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $28,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)