Alpena County, MI is a small county located in the northern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. With a population of only 28,000, it is a relatively rural area with no large cities or densely populated areas. The county is governed by a board of commissioners that works closely with local government officials to ensure the needs of citizens are met. In addition, Alpena County has an elected sheriff who provides law enforcement services for the entire county. Although there are no local political candidates running for office in Alpena County at this time, residents can still voice their opinions and participate in local politics through various forms of civic engagement such as attending meetings, voting in elections and communicating with their representatives.
The political climate in Alpena County, MI is strongly conservative.
In Alpena County, MI 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Alpena county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpena County, MI is strongly conservative.
Alpena Metro Area 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.
Alpena, 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 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 Alpena County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 570 contributions totaling $35,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $33,217 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)