The town of Farwell, MI is a small rural community located in 48622. It is a part of Gratiot County and has a population of around 1,605 people according to the 2010 census. The local politics are dominated by the Republican Party, which has held all but one seat on the city council for more than 20 years. The mayor is an independent, elected at-large every four years. Several members of the local Republican Party are active in civic affairs and have become involved in state contests for office as well as playing roles in national elections. The city council also consists of 7 members who serve two year terms and hold regular public meetings to discuss issues affecting the community. There are no current candidates running for local political office in Farwell at this time, though it is likely that will change with future election cycles.
The political climate in Zip 48622 (Farwell, MI) is strongly conservative.
Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48622 (Farwell, MI) is strongly conservative.
Farwell, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Clare 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.
Farwell, 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 48622 (Farwell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $8,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)