Kinderhook, MI is a small town located in the northwest corner of Michigan. It has a long history of local politics and elections that have shaped the community. The mayor and six city council members are elected every four years. They work together to create policies that provide services and support for citizens, such as maintaining clean streets and providing public safety. The town also has a number of committees and boards, including the Planning Commission, Zoning Board, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Historic Preservation Board, and more. Each of these committees is made up of local volunteers who are passionate about their town and dedicated to making it a better place to live. Every election year, Kinderhook residents take part in local politics by voting for candidates who share their values and focus on what matters most to them.
The political climate in Kinderhook, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kinderhook, MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area 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.
Kinderhook, 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 Kinderhook, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $15,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $43,337 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)