The city of 49242 Hillsdale, MI is a vibrant community with an active political scene. At the local level, candidates compete for the offices of mayor, city council members, and other positions. The members of each party have different ideas about how to create a better future for the citizens. The main issues that are discussed are tax reform, development plans, environmental policies, road construction and maintenance, and public safety initiatives. All of these topics are important to the people of Hillsdale as they strive to improve their quality of life and keep their community safe and secure. Each election cycle brings new ideas and projects that will move the city forward in its mission to become a stronger and more prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 49242 (Hillsdale, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hillsdale County, MI is very conservative. In Hillsdale County, MI 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsdale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Hillsdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49242 (Hillsdale, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hillsdale, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Hillsdale County, Michigan is very conservative.
Hillsdale Metro Area is very 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.
Hillsdale, 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 zip 49242 (Hillsdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 186 contributions totaling $9,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 566 contributions totaling $92,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)