Moran, MI is a small town with a population of about 500 people located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political climate and holds elections every year for local offices. The local elections feature candidates from both major political parties, as well as independent candidates. In recent years, the focus of the local politics has been on improving public services in the town and finding ways to bring more economic opportunities to the area. Issues such as zoning regulations, infrastructure improvements, and sustainability initiatives are typically hotly debated topics during these elections. Residents of Moran take pride in their community and take part in making their government work for them.
The political climate in Zip 49760 (Moran, MI) is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mackinac County, MI 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mackinac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Mackinac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49760 (Moran, MI) is moderately conservative.
Moran, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Moran, 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 49760 (Moran)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)