The small community of 49657 Mc Bain, Michigan is a vibrant, diverse and politically engaged location. It is home to many people with different backgrounds and beliefs that are passionate about local politics. Despite its size, the town regularly holds mayoral elections as well as elections for other local offices. The residents of this community take their civic duties seriously and come together to discuss the issues affecting them both locally and nationally. During election season, the streets are filled with campaign signs from various political candidates vying for office. The local government generally takes a nonpartisan approach when it comes to legislation, allowing citizens to express their state of mind in a safe manner. Overall, the politics in 49657 Mc Bain is an important part of life for the people who live there and they take great pride in participating in it actively each year.
The political climate in Zip 49657 (Mc Bain, MI) is very conservative.
Missaukee County, MI is very conservative. In Missaukee County, MI 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missaukee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.5%.
Missaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49657 (Mc Bain, MI) is very conservative.
Mc Bain, Michigan is very conservative.
Missaukee 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.
Mc Bain, 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 49657 (Mc Bain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $7,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)