The city of 49743 Hawks, MI is a small community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The local politics in the area are primarily centered around the city government, which is comprised of a mayor and several city council members. The mayor is elected to serve a four-year term and currently holds the title of Mayor Dave Kelsey. The city councilors are elected for two-year terms and are responsible for handling issues such as zoning, economic development, and public safety within the community. Additionally, there are state representatives that serve on behalf of Hawks and other communities in their district. All of these individuals work together to ensure the residents have access to vital services and resources needed to make their lives better. Local elections take place every two years during which citizens can make their voice heard by casting their vote for candidates they believe will best represent them in the city government.
The political climate in Zip 49743 (Hawks, MI) is strongly conservative.
Presque Isle County, MI is strongly conservative. In Presque Isle County, MI 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Presque Isle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.8%.
Presque Isle county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49743 (Hawks, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hawks, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Presque Isle County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Hawks, 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 49743 (Hawks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)