The politics in Ashley, MI 48806 are centered around the local government and its citizens. The people of Ashley are very active and take part in their local politics. They attend town hall meetings, elect local representatives to the county commission, and vote for state and federal legislators representing their community. Ashley has always been a vibrant city with strong political opinions on both sides of the aisle. People here work together to find common ground on issues that affect them all and come to agreements that benefit the entire community. They understand that everyone has different perspectives but also believe in working together for the betterment of all. The citizens of Ashley recognize that compromise is essential in order to create healthy dialogue between opposing viewpoints and achieve real progress for their city.
The political climate in Zip 48806 (Ashley, MI) is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, MI is strongly conservative. In Gratiot County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gratiot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.0%.
Gratiot county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48806 (Ashley, MI) is strongly conservative.
Ashley, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alma 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.
Ashley, Michigan: R 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 zip 48806 (Ashley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)