Leonidas, MI is a small town located in St. Joseph County. The area has a strong sense of community and is home to many locally owned businesses. Despite its size, Leonidas is an active participant in the political process. Local elections regularly draw interested voters from the area and it is not uncommon for issues affecting the town to be discussed at even the county level. The residents of Leonidas take pride in their ability to voice their opinions and cast their ballots, ensuring that their voices are heard. With several local candidates running for office, Leonidas residents have a wide range of choices when it comes to selecting who will represent them in local government. As a result, the citizens of Leonidas are actively engaged in politics and have an important role to play in determining who will make decisions on their behalf.
The political climate in Zip 49066 (Leonidas, MI) is very conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49066 (Leonidas, MI) is very conservative.
Leonidas, Michigan is very conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly 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.
Leonidas, 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 49066 (Leonidas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $82 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)