Kaleva, MI is a city located in Manistee County. It has a small population of just over 300 people and is a friendly, rural community. Politically, it tends to favor the Republican Party in elections. The last election for mayor was won by incumbent Gary Wissner with 57% of the vote. He ran against challenger Steve Martin, who garnered 43% of the vote. The city council consists of five members: Sally Smith, John Thompson, Bill Woods, Sarah Brown and Nathan Green. All five members are Republicans who strive to help make Kaleva a great place to live. They are all dedicated to improving the quality of life in their small town while also keeping their taxes low.
The political climate in Zip 49645 (Kaleva, MI) is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49645 (Kaleva, MI) is moderately conservative.
Kaleva, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Kaleva, Michigan: d r D d 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 49645 (Kaleva)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $3,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)