Honor, MI is a small town nestled in the northern part of Michigan. Despite its size, it is a vibrant community with an active political scene. The town's mayor and city council members are elected by local residents to lead the municipality. Residents take advantage of their right to vote in local elections and participate in debates about policy priorities. Issues such as public safety, education, economic development, and infrastructure are discussed at length during election cycles. Additionally, Honor has a strong sense of civic engagement and citizens are encouraged to get involved in local politics. This involvement helps ensure that the community’s needs are heard and addressed by their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 49640 (Honor, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Benzie County, MI 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benzie county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.7%.
Benzie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49640 (Honor, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Honor, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Honor, 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 49640 (Honor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $22,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)