Gagetown, Michigan is a small rural town with a population of approximately 1,200 people. It is home to many family-run businesses and farms throughout the area. The politics of Gagetown are centered around maintaining its rural community feel while also finding ways to attract new industry and businesses to the area. Local candidates for public office have worked hard to ensure that their constituents’ needs are being heard in Lansing. They advocate for policies that benefit local farmers, small businesses, and residents alike. Candidates have also been vocal in supporting economic development initiatives throughout the town such as tax relief for businesses and incentives for entrepreneurs looking to move into Gagetown. All of these efforts help to ensure that Gagetown remains a thriving community for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 48735 (Gagetown, MI) is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48735 (Gagetown, MI) is very conservative.
Gagetown, Michigan is very conservative.
Tuscola 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.
Gagetown, 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 48735 (Gagetown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)