Nashville, Michigan is a small rural community located in the heart of Washtenaw county. It is home to friendly people and a rich cultural history. Politically, Nashville is largely conservative, with most residents voting along Republican lines in most elections. The local government in Nashville consists of three elected officials: Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer. These officials are elected by the citizens of Nashville every four years and work together to ensure that all aspects of municipal life run smoothly. They are responsible for setting the budget, planning services and programs, maintaining public records, issuing licenses and permits, appointing members to boards and commissions, as well as enacting laws that maintain the safety and health of all its residents. There are no current local political candidates running for office in 49073 Nashville but many residents take part in a variety of civic activities such as attending town meetings or participating in local political groups.
The political climate in Zip 49073 (Nashville, MI) is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49073 (Nashville, MI) is strongly conservative.
Nashville, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Nashville, 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 49073 (Nashville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $8,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)