The Bay City Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse region located in Michigan. It is an area that is rapidly growing both economically and demographically. The Bay City Metro Area offers many opportunities to those who live here, from business and education to entertainment. Politics in the Bay City Metro Area are very active, with several local candidates running for office in recent years. These candidates have come from a variety of backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of the local population. Issues such as economic growth, infrastructure improvement, public safety, and social services are often discussed amongst politicians in the area. Local government has been working diligently to address these issues and create a better quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Bay City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Bay City Metro Area 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bay City metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
The Bay City metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bay City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bay City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,978 contributions totaling $126,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $88,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)