Grim, MI is a small town in Michigan with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the citizens of Grim. Every two years, local political candidates run for election for the positions of Mayor and City Council Members. These candidates come from various backgrounds and represent different ideals that they believe will be beneficial to the citizens of Grim. The elections are hotly contested and often result in close races between candidates. All citizens of Grim have an opportunity to voice their opinion by voting for their preferred candidate in order to positively shape the future of their town.
The political climate in Grim, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, MI is very conservative. In Gladwin County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gladwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 31.0%.
Gladwin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grim, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, Michigan 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.
Grim, 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 Grim, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $15,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $21,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)