The small city of 48741 Kingston, MI has a population of about 1,700 people. The local government is led by a mayor and six trustees who make up the City Council. The local political candidates in Kingston are Jeremy Smith for mayor and four incumbent trustees - Gary Watson, Charles Johnson, Mary Miller and Michael Brown - running for reelection. The City Council works to maintain the quality of life in Kingston by setting fiscal policies, developing strategic plans and adopting laws that protect citizens' safety, health and welfare. They also strive to provide services that meet the needs of its residents while keeping taxes low. Through their hard work, they have been able to keep this tight-knit community safe and vibrant for years.
The political climate in Zip 48741 (Kingston, MI) is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48741 (Kingston, MI) is very conservative.
Kingston, Michigan is very conservative.
Tuscola County, Michigan is very 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.
Kingston, 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 48741 (Kingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)