Michigan Center is a small community in Jackson County, Michigan. The city is governed by an elected mayor and five city council members. City council meetings are held monthly and provide citizens of the community with an opportunity to have their voices heard on local issues. The mayor and council are committed to creating a safe and vibrant environment for everyone living in Michigan Center. They strive to promote economic growth, while also preserving the natural beauty of the area. In addition, they work hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality education, health care services, and other necessary resources. Through these efforts, the politics of Michigan Center have created a better quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Michigan Center, MI is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Michigan Center, MI is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Michigan Center, 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 Michigan Center, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,654 contributions totaling $172,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 771 contributions totaling $286,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)