Politics in Brethren, MI 49619 is relatively quiet. This small rural community of less than 600 people is a mostly conservative area where local government decisions are made by a handful of elected officials. The city is served by a mayor and four city council members, who are chosen by the people in the area every two years. They focus mainly on local issues such as managing public funds and developing infrastructure projects. There are no large-scale political decisions to be made here, so there aren't any major political campaigns or debates taking place. Instead, most residents tend to focus on personal responsibility and working together for the betterment of their community.
The political climate in Zip 49619 (Brethren, MI) is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49619 (Brethren, MI) is moderately conservative.
Brethren, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Brethren, 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 49619 (Brethren)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $99 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)