48414 Bancroft, MI is a small town located in Saginaw County, Michigan. It is part of the Saginaw Metropolitan Statistical Area and is home to around 5,000 people. Politically, the town leans slightly to the right with most voters leaning Republican in Presidential elections. The city council consists of five members who are elected by local residents every two years. They are tasked with governing the day-to-day affairs of the city such as setting budgets, creating ordinances and making decisions about parks and other municipal services. They also serve as liaisons between their constituents and state representatives on issues that impact Bancroft residents. Local political candidates for city council are chosen each election by members of the community who are interested in running for office or volunteering their time to help ensure a successful election process.
The political climate in Zip 48414 (Bancroft, MI) is moderately conservative.
Shiawassee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Shiawassee County, MI 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shiawassee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.0%.
Shiawassee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48414 (Bancroft, MI) is moderately conservative.
Bancroft, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Shiawassee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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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.
Bancroft, Michigan: r r 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 48414 (Bancroft)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $4,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $1,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)