The politics in 48722 Bridgeport, Michigan consist of a variety of local elections and ballot initiatives which affect its residents. The village has three trustees, and the mayor acts as the village president. This board is responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances, approving budgets, providing services to villagers, and keeping up public roads and safety. All of these elected officials are chosen by voters in the community during municipal elections. In addition to voting for local leaders, citizens have the opportunity to vote on ballot initiatives that can shape their lives in 48722 Bridgeport. This includes decisions about taxes, infrastructure projects, education funding, health care measures, environmental policies and much more. By participating in local politics, citizens can ensure that their voice is heard when it comes to making decisions that will impact their lives in Bridgeport.
The political climate in Zip 48722 (Bridgeport, MI) is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48722 (Bridgeport, MI) is leaning conservative.
Bridgeport, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bridgeport, Michigan: D d D D r d
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 48722 (Bridgeport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)