Bay Port, MI is a small city located in Michigan's Thumb region. It is home to about 1,400 people and has a strong sense of community pride. While the political atmosphere in Bay Port may not be as charged as other larger cities, it still plays an important role in determining who makes the rules and regulations that affect local residents. At the moment, Bay Port has several candidates running for mayor, including incumbent Mayor Mike Peterson and challenger Joe Schmitz. Both have been campaigning on their commitment to serving the people of Bay Port and working together to create an open and welcoming community that all residents can be proud of. In addition, there are also several candidates running for city council positions, with each person bringing their own unique perspective and goals they hope to accomplish while in office. Regardless of who is elected this November, one thing is certain: politics will continue to play an important role in shaping Bay Port's future.
The political climate in Zip 48720 (Bay Port, MI) is very conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48720 (Bay Port, MI) is very conservative.
Bay Port, Michigan is very conservative.
Huron County, Michigan is very 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.
Bay Port, 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 48720 (Bay Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)