Wilber, MI is an active and vibrant city located in midwestern Michigan. With many local businesses, Wilber boasts a strong sense of community and civic engagement. Despite its small population of just over 5,000 people, the city holds elections every year to elect its mayor and city council who oversee the operations of the municipality. With the local elections, Wilber residents have the opportunity to have a say in how their city is governed. Though there are no current candidates running for office in Wilber, MI this year, local citizens are sure to come out in droves during election season to voice their opinion on what direction they believe their city should be heading.
The political climate in Wilber, MI is moderately conservative.
Iosco County, MI is strongly conservative. In Iosco County, MI 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iosco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.9%.
Iosco county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilber, MI is moderately conservative.
Iosco County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Wilber, Michigan: d 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 Wilber, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 233 contributions totaling $25,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $16,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)