Cassopolis, MI is a small town located in southwestern Michigan. The local politics of this community are focused on improving the quality of life of its citizens. The recent election in 49031 saw several candidates running for various offices such as mayor, councilmembers, and school board members. Many of the candidates campaigned on issues such as creating more jobs, increasing public safety, and improving education opportunities for all residents. The citizens of Cassopolis placed their trust in the candidates and worked hard to get the result that they wanted. In the end, the people of Cassopolis were successful in electing a new mayor and several councilmembers who will work together to make their community better.
The political climate in Zip 49031 (Cassopolis, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MI 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.8%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49031 (Cassopolis, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cassopolis, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
South Bend-Mishawaka 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.
Cassopolis, Michigan: r R d 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 49031 (Cassopolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $10,457 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $49,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)