The city of Emmett, MI is governed by a mayor and a city council. The current mayor is Mayor Jim Slezak, who was elected in 2020. The city council consists of four members who are elected to serve the citizens of Emmett. The main political issues in 48022 Emmett, MI include public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and community engagement. Public safety initiatives focus on increasing police presence and improving police-community relations. Economic development efforts aim to bring businesses and jobs to the area to boost the local economy. Infrastructure improvements strive to upgrade roads, streets and sidewalks for easier access. Finally, community engagement initiatives seek to involve local residents in decision making processes by encouraging their participation in city events and programs.
The political climate in Zip 48022 (Emmett, MI) is strongly conservative.
St. Clair County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Clair County, MI 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.0%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48022 (Emmett, MI) is strongly conservative.
Emmett, Michigan is strongly conservative.
St. Clair County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Emmett, Michigan: r 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 48022 (Emmett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $1,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)