Manistee, MI is a small city located in the northwest part of Michigan. It has a population of 6,677 people according to the 2019 census data. The city is lead by Mayor Colleen Kenny and other elected officials who work together to ensure that Manistee is a great place to live and work. In terms of politics, Manistee has traditionally been a conservative-leaning town. Politics are controlled by the local Republican party as they hold the majority of seats in both the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate districts serving Manistee County. In addition to this, many local candidates have received support from state-level GOP organizations. Residents can also participate in politics through voting on ballot initiatives or attending their local government meetings. All in all, Manistee offers its citizens an opportunity to get involved and shape the future of their community through political participation.
The political climate in Zip 49660 (Manistee, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49660 (Manistee, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Manistee, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Manistee, Michigan: d r D d 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 49660 (Manistee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $187,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $85,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $790 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)