Linden, MI is a small town located in Genesee County. It is known for its tight-knit community and rural charm. Politically, Linden residents are mainly registered as Republican or Independent voters. In the 2020 election cycle, candidates running for office in 48451 Linden, MI included John Kildee of the Democratic Party, who ran for Congress; and Joe Graves of the Republican Party who ran for State House Representative. The residents of Linden strongly supported their local political candidates in this past election and had a high voter turnout rate. As a result of their efforts, John Kildee was elected to represent Michigan’s 5th Congressional District and Joe Graves was elected to serve in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 51st District. Overall, politics in Linden is an important part of their community culture that seeks to engage both citizens and politicians alike.
The political climate in Zip 48451 (Linden, MI) is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48451 (Linden, MI) is leaning conservative.
Linden, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Linden, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 48451 (Linden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $56,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $6,762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)