Augusta, MI is a small city in Kalamazoo county. Located on the banks of the Kalamazoo River, Augusta is home to almost 2,800 citizens. The City of Augusta operates under a Council-Manager form of government. The City Council consists of seven elected officials who represent the citizens in setting policy and budget decisions. The Mayor and four Commissioners are elected by the people every two years. Additionally, two other commissioners are appointed by the City Council to serve three-year terms. All members of the City Council work diligently to ensure that all Augusta residents receive quality services from city departments. As an active member in the community, local residents can get involved in their government by attending meetings and participating in community events such as parades and festivals.
The political climate in Zip 49012 (Augusta, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49012 (Augusta, MI) is leaning liberal.
Augusta, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Augusta, Michigan: d d D D D D
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 49012 (Augusta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $26,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $17,908 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)