The politics in 49756 Lewiston, MI are largely influenced by the residents of the city. The town is led by a mayor and several local council members who work together to serve the needs of the community. Each year, a number of candidates come forward to represent the voices of their constituents on city-related issues. These candidates engage in debates and campaigning to make sure that their ideas are properly communicated to voters before they cast their ballots. Overall, these candidates strive to make Lewiston an even better place to live by making sure that everyone's interests are heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 49756 (Lewiston, MI) is very conservative.
Montmorency County, MI is very conservative. In Montmorency County, MI 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montmorency county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.8%.
Montmorency county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49756 (Lewiston, MI) is very conservative.
Lewiston, Michigan is very conservative.
Montmorency 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.
Lewiston, 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 49756 (Lewiston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $7,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)