Imlay City, MI is a small town of about 2,719 residents located in the northeastern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. It is known for its tight-knit community and rural atmosphere. Politically speaking, Imlay City is represented by Republican State Senator Phil Pavlov and House Representative Gary Howell of Michigan's 82nd district. Its local government consists of an elected mayor and council members who serve four-year terms. Mayor Brian Densmore was first elected in 2017 and has worked to make the city more attractive with updated infrastructure and development projects. The city council works collaboratively with the mayor to ensure that all decisions benefit the citizens in Imlay City. In recent years, there has been an effort to promote economic growth within the city limits while still maintaining its rural character.
The political climate in Imlay City, MI is moderately conservative.
Lapeer County, MI is very conservative. In Lapeer County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lapeer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Lapeer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Imlay City, MI is moderately conservative.
Lapeer County, Michigan is very conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Imlay City, 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 Imlay City, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $3,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $7,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)