Kawkawlin, MI 48631 is a small town located in Bay County of Michigan. The politics in Kawkawlin is mainly governed by the county and state authorities. The county government is responsible for various services like law enforcement, public safety, infrastructure development, and other social welfare programs such as health care and education. There are no local political candidates from Kawkawlin as all political decisions are made at a higher level of government. Residents of Kawkawlin have the right to vote during elections and participate in local campaigns for state or national offices. Although there are no local politicians representing Kawkawlin, residents can express their opinions on issues facing their community and receive updates on events that may affect them through city newsletters or other official communications.
The political climate in Zip 48631 (Kawkawlin, MI) is moderately conservative.
Bay County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Bay County, MI 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Bay county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48631 (Kawkawlin, MI) is moderately conservative.
Kawkawlin, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Bay County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Bay City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Kawkawlin, Michigan: D d 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 48631 (Kawkawlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $5,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $5,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)