Coldwater, MI is a small town located in the state of Michigan with a population of around 10,000 people. The city has a council-manager form of government, which consists of an elected mayor and four city commissioners. Each commissioner is elected for two year terms to represent one ward in the city. The current mayor of Coldwater is John Burtka, who was re-elected in 2019. The local political candidates running for office in 49036 Coldwater, MI range from Democrats to Republicans and have experience in various fields such as business and government. Issues that are important to the citizens of Coldwater include infrastructure improvements, economic development, environmental protection, public safety and education. Local candidates often take stances on these issues during campaigns in order to win votes from constituents.
The political climate in Zip 49036 (Coldwater, MI) is strongly conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49036 (Coldwater, MI) is strongly conservative.
Coldwater, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Coldwater, 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 49036 (Coldwater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $13,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $37,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)