Alcona County is a charming and vibrant community in the state of Michigan. The county has a rich history of civic engagement, with residents taking an active role in local politics. From participating in campaigns to attending town hall meetings and forums, Alconans are passionate about their local politics. Local officials run for office to represent their constituents’ interests and ensure that all voices are heard. In addition to elected leaders, community members come together to create non-profit and advocacy organizations to support the causes they care about most. These organizations bring people together from across Alcona County to raise awareness, engage with elected officials, and make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Alcona County, MI is very conservative.
In Alcona County, MI 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alcona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 30.3%.
Alcona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alcona County, MI is very conservative.
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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.
Alcona, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Alcona County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $10,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $18,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)