Ithaca, MI is a small city located in the midwestern state of Michigan. The city has a long history of political engagement and its citizens are passionate about their local government. The city is served by a mayor and four members of the City Council who represent the community on issues that range from infrastructure projects to environmental protection to economic development. Each of these elected officials is accountable to the people of Ithaca and strive to ensure that the needs of the people are met. In addition, resident's have access to various municipal departments such as police, fire, planning and zoning, public works, parks and recreation which are responsible for managing day-to-day operations within the city. Aside from local government officials, residents also have access to state and federal representatives who represent them in their work in Lansing or Washington D.C., respectively. Through these representatives, residents can make sure their voices are heard when it comes to policymaking on the larger scale. All in all, politics play a big role in Ithaca life as residents strive for their voices to be heard through elections or lobbying efforts on behalf of their local governments.
The political climate in Ithaca, MI is moderately conservative.
Gratiot County, MI is strongly conservative. In Gratiot County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gratiot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.0%.
Gratiot county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ithaca, MI is moderately conservative.
Gratiot County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alma Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ithaca, 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 Ithaca, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $7,320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $5,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)