Eaton Rapids, MI is a small town located in the midwestern portion of the United States. The political landscape in this area is largely Republican-leaning and features candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties. The main issues for local politicians to focus on are creating jobs, providing quality education, and protecting the environment. Many local residents take an active role in politics by contacting their representatives or attending town hall meetings to voice their opinions on important policy decisions. Eaton Rapids offers its citizens many opportunities to get involved with their government and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 48827 (Eaton Rapids, MI) is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48827 (Eaton Rapids, MI) is leaning conservative.
Eaton Rapids, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Eaton Rapids, Michigan: r r d d 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 48827 (Eaton Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 416 contributions totaling $25,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $15,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)