The small town of 49716 Brutus, MI is a quiet and friendly place where the residents are proud of their local community. Although there is not much political activity in the area, voting rates tend to be higher than average as the citizens take part in deciding on important issues that affect their everyday lives. The town is represented by members of various political parties on the state level, with representatives from both major parties actively working towards improving the quality of life for citizens. Over time, they have been successful in passing legislation that has helped to fund local infrastructure improvements and various other projects that benefit the people and businesses of 49716 Brutus, MI. As such, the townspeople are grateful for their state-level officials and continue to show support for them through their political engagement.
The political climate in Zip 49716 (Brutus, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49716 (Brutus, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Brutus, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Emmet 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.
Brutus, 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 49716 (Brutus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)