Barry County, Michigan is located in the lower peninsula of Michigan and has a population of 59,173 people. Politically, Barry County is a Republican-leaning county with two main political parties: Republican and Democratic. The majority of the county's congressional representatives are Republican, with only one Democrat representing the area. Locally there are several municipal offices up for election on a regular basis. These positions range from township trustees to sheriff and state representative. Candidates from both major parties run for these positions every election cycle. Political views in Barry County tend to be more conservative than other areas of Michigan; however, there is still much debate between candidates over which policies would best serve the area. This helps ensure that residents have access to candidates representing all points of view when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Barry County, MI is very conservative.
In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barry County, MI is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Barry, 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 Barry County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,067 contributions totaling $95,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 736 contributions totaling $1,063,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)