East Tawas, MI 48730 is located in the northeast corner of Michigan's lower peninsula. It is a small city with a population of just over 2,700 people. The local government includes a mayor and six council members who are all elected by the residents of East Tawas. The city also has a police department, fire department, public works department and other various services that are managed by the local government. Political candidates for office in East Tawas typically come from the local area and campaigns focus on issues that affect the community such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education and health care access. Elections are held every two years during an off-year primary election and on general election day. Local voters have the opportunity to choose their representatives based on their platform and voting record in order to ensure that their interests are represented in city government.
The political climate in Zip 48730 (East Tawas, MI) is moderately conservative.
Iosco County, MI is strongly conservative. In Iosco County, MI 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iosco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.9%.
Iosco county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48730 (East Tawas, MI) is moderately conservative.
East Tawas, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Iosco 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.
East Tawas, Michigan: d 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 48730 (East Tawas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)