Auburn, Michigan is a small town located in Bay County. It is a rural community with a population of approximately 1,000 people. The political landscape of 48611 Auburn is largely dominated by the Republican party. Most local elected officials are Republicans and the majority of voters in 48611 Auburn vote for Republican candidates in local elections. The nearest major city, Bay City, has more diverse political representation than Auburn due to its higher population and more diverse economy. However, local politics in 48611 Auburn remain largely in the hands of the Republican party.
The political climate in Zip 48611 (Auburn, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Bay County, MI 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, Bay county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Bay county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48611 (Auburn, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Auburn, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
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.
Auburn, 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 zip 48611 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $4,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)