Mulliken, Michigan is a small town located in Eaton County with a population of about 1,200 people. The local politics of Mulliken are primarily overseen by the Eaton County Board of Commissioners, who are elected by the citizens to serve four year terms. The board is responsible for setting the laws and policies that affect their jurisdiction, which includes Mulliken and the surrounding communities. Additionally, elected officials such as state senators, representatives for Eaton County, and even US Congressmen represent Mulliken's residents in government decisions. With these leaders in place, Mulliken is able to ensure that its citizens have a voice in government decision-making.
The political climate in Zip 48861 (Mulliken, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48861 (Mulliken, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Mulliken, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Mulliken, Michigan: r r d d 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 48861 (Mulliken)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)