48721 Black River, MI is located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and is a small community of about 1,000 residents. It is situated in an area that is quite rural and has a strong sense of community. Locally, the politics are based on ideas from both major parties as well as some more independent views. The main political issues concerning the people of Black River are mainly related to education, infrastructure development, healthcare access and environmental protection. Local candidates for office include representatives from the Democratic and Republican parties as well as some independent candidates who have been campaigning on their own platforms. Politics in 48721 Black River, MI are focused on local issues such as making sure that public services are accessible to all citizens, advocating for increased investment in infrastructure like roads and bridges, improving local schools and providing quality healthcare access to everyone regardless of income levels.
The political climate in Zip 48721 (Black River, MI) is very conservative.
Alcona County, MI is very conservative. In Alcona County, MI 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alcona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 30.3%.
Alcona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48721 (Black River, MI) is very conservative.
Black River, Michigan is very conservative.
Alcona 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.
Black River, 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 48721 (Black River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)