Northfield, Michigan is a small city located in the southeastern corner of Michigan. It has a rich history and offers a variety of cultural activities to its residents. The city has a number of local political candidates running for office, including those for mayor, city council, and school board members. These candidates are committed to working towards bettering Northfield with policies that will focus on public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and quality of life initiatives. Additionally, the candidates are passionate about making sure Northfield remains an affordable place to live while also protecting its natural resources. With all these initiatives in mind and through the leadership of local political candidates, Northfield can continue to be an exceptional city for many years to come.
The political climate in Northfield, MI is somewhat liberal.
Washtenaw County, MI is very liberal. In Washtenaw County, MI 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washtenaw county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.9%.
Washtenaw county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Northfield, MI is somewhat liberal.
Washtenaw County, Michigan is very liberal.
Ann Arbor Metro Area is very 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.
Northfield, Michigan: D D D D D D
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 Northfield, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,138 contributions totaling $2,266,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,372 contributions totaling $667,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $487 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)