The city of East Jordan, located in Michigan's 49727 zip code, is home to a diverse population. The city has a strong local government that is comprised of elected officials and staff members that are dedicated to providing the best services to its residents. The Mayor and City Council serve as the legislative body of the city and are responsible for approving laws, ordinances, and budgets. They also appoint citizens to serve on advisory boards and commissions that provide input on important decisions facing the community. Citizens of East Jordan also have a say in who represents them by voting for local candidates every election cycle. Local elections are held regularly throughout the year to ensure that all citizens have an opportunity to choose their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 49727 (East Jordan, MI) is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49727 (East Jordan, MI) is moderately conservative.
East Jordan, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, Michigan is moderately 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.
East Jordan, 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 49727 (East Jordan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 341 contributions totaling $7,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $37,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)