Hickory Corners, MI is a small town located in Southern Michigan. While the town may not be very large in population, it has a thriving local politics scene. Many of the residents are engaged and active in their government, often attending council meetings and voting on important matters. In Hickory Corners, citizens have the opportunity to vote for local representatives from both major political parties as well as candidates representing independent or third-party platforms. Additionally, there are many civic organizations that host events to promote political discourse and help citizens make informed decisions about who they want to represent them in government. All of this makes Hickory Corners an exciting place for those interested in learning more about how their government works.
The political climate in Hickory Corners, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hickory Corners, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hickory Corners, 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 Hickory Corners, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $45,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $915,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)