The small town of Maple Rapids, Michigan is known for its tight knit community and traditional American values. Despite its small size, the political infrastructure in Maple Rapids is robust and local citizens take an active interest in their town's political landscape. The city has a mayor who works closely with the city council to ensure that all needs of the local residents are met. As well, there are a number of grassroots organizations that provide forums for discussion and debate on important issues facing the town. Every election season sees a host of candidates running for local office, some of whom are long-time members of the community and others who have recently moved to Maple Rapids and bring fresh ideas to the table. Regardless of party affiliation or stance on certain issues, all candidates share one thing in common: Their commitment to making Maple Rapids a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Maple Rapids, MI is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Clinton County, MI 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maple Rapids, MI is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Maple Rapids, 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 Maple Rapids, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $33 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)