Kingsley, MI is a small rural town located in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Despite being a small community, the politics of Kingsley are still important for its residents. With local elections occurring every two years, the town has the opportunity to decide who their leaders will be and how they will govern the community. Local offices such as state representatives, county commissioners, mayor and city council members are all elected by the people of Kingsley and have an impact on how their day-to-day lives unfold. Issues that directly affect the people of this small town range from economic development initiatives to environmental protections. Residents should take advantage of their right to vote and make their voices heard during local election cycles in order to ensure that they get the representation they need and deserve.
The political climate in Zip 49649 (Kingsley, 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 49649 (Kingsley, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Kingsley, 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.
Kingsley, 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 49649 (Kingsley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $5,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)