Battle Creek, Michigan is situated in the southern portion of the state and is a part of Calhoun County. Politically, Battle Creek leans towards the Democratic Party and has had liberal representation in Congress for many years. In addition, most of the local politicians are Democrats who focus on bringing economic development to Battle Creek. In recent years, there have been efforts to attract more businesses to the city as well as improve public transportation options. The city council has also taken a number of initiatives to support social welfare programs such as food banks and shelters for homeless people. As a result, Battle Creek has seen an increase in investment and growth in many areas over the past few years.
The political climate in Zip 49015 (Battle Creek, MI) is leaning conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49015 (Battle Creek, MI) is leaning conservative.
Battle Creek, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek 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.
Battle Creek, Michigan: d 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 49015 (Battle Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 517 contributions totaling $37,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $39,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)