Merritt, MI is a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The politics in Merritt are largely based on traditional conservative values. There is no single political party that dominates the local elections; rather, most of the local political candidates come from mainstream parties such as the Republican and Democratic parties. Local candidates tend to focus on issues such as economic development, job creation, and infrastructure improvements that are important to residents of Merritt and its surrounding region. Overall, the politics in Merritt are largely focused on making life better for those who live there.
The political climate in Zip 49667 (Merritt, 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 49667 (Merritt, MI) is very conservative.
Merritt, 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.
Merritt, 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 49667 (Merritt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)