Isabella County, located in Michigan, is a diverse and vibrant community which has many different types of politics and politicians. The county is home to a wide variety of political views ranging from progressive to conservative. Local citizens can get involved in their government by attending town hall meetings, voting in local elections, and engaging with elected officials. Some of the major issues that are being discussed in Isabella County include education funding, infrastructure development, job creation, and environmental protection. There are numerous political action groups throughout the county which focus on these issues as well as other topics of interest to area residents. Additionally, several prominent politicians from within the county serve on various legislative boards or committees at the state level. Through participation in these boards they have direct influence over statewide decisions that affect all Michigan citizens.
The political climate in Isabella County, MI is leaning conservative.
In Isabella County, MI 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isabella county remained Republican, 50.3% to 47.7%.
Isabella county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Isabella County, MI is leaning conservative.
Mount Pleasant 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.
Isabella, Michigan: d d D d 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 Isabella County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,154 contributions totaling $657,092 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 585 contributions totaling $415,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)