49240 Grass Lake, MI is a small rural community located in Jackson County. Although it is a small community, it has an active and vibrant local political scene. Political candidates from both major parties regularly visit the area to hold town-hall meetings, discuss local issues, and seek votes in the upcoming elections. Along with their visits, candidates also engage with the local population by participating in debates and forums. Grass Lake residents are passionate about their hometown and take their civic responsibilities seriously when considering who should be their representation at the local level. As such, they make sure to research each candidate thoroughly before deciding how to cast their vote.
The political climate in Zip 49240 (Grass Lake, MI) is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49240 (Grass Lake, MI) is moderately conservative.
Grass Lake, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Grass Lake, 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 49240 (Grass Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $33,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $28,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)