The small town of Manton, MI is home to just over 1,000 residents and is located in Wexford County. The politics of the area are heavily influenced by both the local and state government, as well as a variety of special interest groups. The most active political parties in this small town are the Republicans and Democrats. While both parties have a presence in Manton, the majority of voters tend to lean more towards the Republican party. With that said, there are still many independent voters who often sway election results. Local elections usually determine important issues such as taxes, zoning laws, and other community initiatives. In addition to local candidates for office, Manton also has representation at the county level which is determined by county-wide election outcomes.
The political climate in Zip 49663 (Manton, MI) is very conservative.
Wexford County, MI is very conservative. In Wexford County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wexford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.9%.
Wexford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49663 (Manton, MI) is very conservative.
Manton, Michigan is very conservative.
Wexford County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac Metro Area is very 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.
Manton, 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 49663 (Manton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,507 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)