Bellevue, Michigan is a small village located in the southwestern corner of Eaton County, with an estimated population of 650 people. It has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and six council members elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Sharon Dolan, who was elected in 2017, and the council members are Roger Binder, Jodie Johnson, Robert A Martin Jr., Kristin Mckillip, Jeff Rogers and Tom Schmitt. The village government focuses on providing essential services for its citizens while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Community safety and organized recreation are also important priorities. There are many opportunities for residents to get involved in their local politics through attending public meetings or running for office themselves. Bellevue works hard to ensure that its citizens have a voice in their community and that their needs are met in a fair and responsible manner.
The political climate in Zip 49021 (Bellevue, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49021 (Bellevue, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Bellevue, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Bellevue, 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 49021 (Bellevue)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $1,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)