49835 Garden, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan. Due to its small size, it does not have a large political presence, but there are still important local elections that occur from time to time. The town is represented by both state and federal representatives, such as the state governor and members of Congress. In recent years, citizens have voted on issues such as taxes and budgetary allocations for public schools. There are also school board elections that take place every few years to choose members who will help make decisions regarding local education. As a result of these important decisions, 49835 Garden, MI has been able to maintain its small-town charm while still addressing important policy matters at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 49835 (Garden, MI) is strongly conservative.
Delta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Delta County, MI 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.9%.
Delta county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49835 (Garden, MI) is strongly conservative.
Garden, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Delta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Escanaba Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Garden, 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 49835 (Garden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $35 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)