Riverside, MI is a small town located in the northern part of Michigan. It has an active political scene with local politicians advocating for various issues. The current mayor, Tim Burns, is focused on fiscal responsibility and promoting small business growth. He also believes strongly in protecting the environment by investing in renewable energy sources and reducing emissions from transportation and industry. The city council works with the mayor to ensure that all decisions are made in the best interests of the community. Local elections are held every two years where citizens can cast their vote for their preferred candidate. There is an ongoing debate in Riverside about how to balance economic development with preserving natural resources and protecting public health and safety.
The political climate in Riverside, MI is very conservative.
Missaukee County, MI is very conservative. In Missaukee County, MI 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missaukee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.5%.
Missaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, MI is very conservative.
Missaukee County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac Metro Area is very 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.
Riverside, 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 Riverside, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $10,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $9,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)