Clarksville, MI is a small town located in Shiawassee County with a population of 48815 people. The local government is comprised of an elected mayor and five city council members. Clarksville residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics and make their voices heard by voting for their preferred candidates in elections held every two years. Recently, the mayoral race was won by incumbent Mayor Tom Johnson and the city council races were won by Tom O'Malley, Terri Wilson, Eric Perry, John Brown, and Katie Jones. Each of these individuals have worked hard to create a positive environment in the community for both residents and businesses alike. They have made numerous strides towards promoting economic growth while also preserving the unique character of Clarksville that makes it such a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 48815 (Clarksville, MI) is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ionia County, MI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ionia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.8%.
Ionia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48815 (Clarksville, MI) is strongly conservative.
Clarksville, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Clarksville, 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 48815 (Clarksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)