Wilcox, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is a quiet, rural community with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local politics in Wilcox are managed by the City Council, which consists of five members elected at-large to serve two-year terms. The Mayor is also elected to serve a two-year term and works closely with the Council to ensure that the city's needs are met. Elections for local politicians in Wilcox are held every two years and are generally well attended by citizens looking to make sure their voices are heard on issues important to them. Local candidates often have deep roots in the community and are familiar with its values, which helps them understand what residents want from their representatives.
The political climate in Wilcox, MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilcox, MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, Michigan 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.
Wilcox, 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 Wilcox, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)