Middleville, MI is a small town in the Midwest United States with a population of approximately 8,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and city council who are elected by the citizens of Middleville. The city council holds regular meetings to discuss local policies related to things such as budgeting, infrastructure projects, and other services for residents. Local political candidates come from all walks of life in Middleville, including teachers, business owners, activists, retirees, and more. These candidates strive to bring their own unique perspective to the table when making decisions that best serve the citizens of Middleville. As elections approach, these candidates hold public forums to inform citizens of their platforms so that they can choose which candidate will best represent them in office.
The political climate in Middleville, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middleville, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Middleville, 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 Middleville, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 364 contributions totaling $32,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $33,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)