Grawn, MI is a small rural town in Antrim County situated in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. With a population of around 600 people, Grawn is home to a tight knit community and has a strong tradition of civic engagement. Residents come together to participate in local politics and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to decision-making at the local level. The town currently has one mayor, three trustees, and two assessors that are appointed from within the community. While not all elections for these positions involve contested races, Grawn residents still take an active interest in making sure that their town government remains connected with the community at large. Various projects initiated by the local government have helped the town grow and develop into the vibrant place it is today.
The political climate in Zip 49637 (Grawn, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49637 (Grawn, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Grawn, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Grawn, 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 49637 (Grawn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $5,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)