Mesick, MI is located in Wexford County and is a small village with a population of about 800 people. It has a long history of political involvement, going back to its early days as a mining town in the late 1800s. More recently, Mesick has seen the election of local officials who have worked to maintain the town’s unique character and promote economic development in the area. The current mayor is Cindy Spalding, who was first elected in 2006 and has since been re-elected three times. Other local officials include City Council members, school board trustees, and township supervisors. The village also has representation on the county commission for Wexford County. No matter what their positions are, all politicians in Mesick work together to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard at all levels of government and that their decisions benefit not only residents but also businesses within the community.
The political climate in Zip 49668 (Mesick, 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 49668 (Mesick, MI) is very conservative.
Mesick, 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.
Mesick, 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 49668 (Mesick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)