Mancelona, MI is a small town located in Antrim County with a population of 1,768. The politics in Mancelona are heavily focused around the local government. The Mayor and City Council are elected by the residents of Mancelona and are responsible for ensuring that city services such as water, sewer, road maintenance, and garbage collection run smoothly. Additionally, the City Council helps to create ordinances and policies that address the needs of the community. Local political candidates for Mancelona often focus on improving infrastructure and creating economic development opportunities for the town. Residents of Mancelona are encouraged to become informed about local politics and to get involved in their community through voting or by volunteering for campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 49659 (Mancelona, MI) is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49659 (Mancelona, MI) is moderately conservative.
Mancelona, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Mancelona, 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 49659 (Mancelona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $3,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)