Edmore, MI is a small community with a population of 623 people as of 2019. The local politics are handled through the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners, which is the governing body for Edmore and the surrounding area. The board consists of eight members who are elected by residents every two years to represent them in policy-making decisions. Members are responsible for setting budgets, approving contracts, managing taxes and providing services to their constituents. Additionally, the mayor is also an elected official who holds office for four years and serves as the leader of Edmore. This elected official is tasked with preserving public safety, managing resources and providing guidance to citizens in order to promote a better quality of life in Edmore.
The political climate in Zip 48829 (Edmore, MI) is very conservative.
Montcalm County, MI is very conservative. In Montcalm County, MI 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montcalm county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Montcalm county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48829 (Edmore, MI) is very conservative.
Edmore, Michigan is very conservative.
Montcalm County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Edmore, 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 48829 (Edmore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $4,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)