Evart, MI is a small city located in Osceola County that has a population of about 2,600 people. As a small city, the politics in Evart are mostly determined by local elections and residents’ opinions. The current mayor is John Norton, who was elected in November 2019. During his term in office, he has focused on creating jobs for the people of Evart while also working to increase the quality of life for all citizens. He works with other local politicians to ensure that civic services, such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance, are provided and maintained. Every two years there is an election for mayor and city council members; these positions are currently filled by Joseph Wilcox, Robert Hinkle, Olivia Myers, Ken Ruggles Jr., Eileen Dennison-Leichty and Kenneth Johnson. Residents can vote on various issues during election season to show their support for certain initiatives or candidates. Local debates often take place between candidates to give citizens an opportunity to learn more about their potential representatives before making their decision on who to vote for.
The political climate in Zip 49631 (Evart, MI) is very conservative.
Osceola County, MI is very conservative. In Osceola County, MI 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49631 (Evart, MI) is very conservative.
Evart, Michigan is very conservative.
Osceola County, Michigan is very 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.
Evart, 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 49631 (Evart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)