Politics in Mayville, MI (48744) are fairly typical of small towns throughout the United States. The town is run by a mayor and city council, which consists of five members as well as the mayor. The current mayor is Bill Smith, who was elected in 2019. All elections in Mayville are non-partisan, meaning that candidates do not run on political party affiliation tickets. Every two years, four City Council members are up for re-election and one Mayor is elected to a four-year term. Furthermore, the 48744 zip code area also participates in county and state elections. County officials include a county executive, county board members elected from districts withing the county, prosecutors and sheriffs. State legislators such as Senators and Representatives to Congress serve the entire district - in this case Michigan's 8th Congressional District. In addition to these officials, there are several local boards and commissions that ensure that essential services such as water supply management or infrastructure maintenance remain effective for the citizens of Mayville.
The political climate in Zip 48744 (Mayville, MI) is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48744 (Mayville, MI) is very conservative.
Mayville, Michigan is very conservative.
Tuscola 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.
Mayville, 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 48744 (Mayville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $2,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)