The 48623 Freeland, MI area is governed by a local village council which is made up of seven elected officials. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of the citizens who live in this community. They ensure that services such as police and fire protection, infrastructure repairs, municipal operations, and more are carried out efficiently. This local representation ensures that the citizens of 48623 Freeland have a voice in their government. The current Village President is Caroline Smith, who was elected to serve her first four-year term in 2019. Other village council members include Jack Robbins, Mary Johnson, Joe Anderson, David Simmons, Ben Wilson, and Stella Thomas. Each of these members bring different perspectives to the table when making decisions on how best to serve the community.
The political climate in Zip 48623 (Freeland, MI) is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48623 (Freeland, MI) is leaning conservative.
Freeland, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Freeland, Michigan: D d D D r d
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 48623 (Freeland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $25,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $41,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)