Pilgrim, MI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It holds a population of over 5,000 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and strong sense of community. Politics in Pilgrim, MI are very important to the citizens. The town votes in local elections for representatives that are responsible for making decisions that affect their daily lives such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, education budgets and more. In these elections, locals nominate and elect a mayor as well as several city council members to serve the community. All candidates must be registered voters within the city limits to be eligible to run for office. With voting being an important part of democracy in Pilgrim, MI residents take advantage of their right to vote and make sure they are informed on all political issues before heading out to cast their ballots.
The political climate in Pilgrim, MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Benzie County, MI 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benzie county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.7%.
Benzie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pilgrim, MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Traverse City 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.
Pilgrim, 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 Pilgrim, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 625 contributions totaling $42,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $16,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)