The small town of 49446 New Era, MI is home to a close-knit community with a strong sense of local pride. Despite its small size, New Era is an important part of the greater Michigan political landscape. The town has elected representatives in both state and federal government who serve on behalf of their constituents. The mayor is elected from within the community and works with other elected officials to manage the day-to-day operations of the city. Residents are actively involved in local politics as well, attending town hall meetings, voting in local elections, and advocating for their views on issues that matter to them personally. In this way, citizens of 49446 New Era have an important role to play when it comes to shaping the future of their town and the state as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 49446 (New Era, MI) is strongly conservative.
Oceana County, MI is strongly conservative. In Oceana County, MI 35.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oceana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.1%.
Oceana county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49446 (New Era, MI) is strongly conservative.
New Era, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Oceana County, Michigan is strongly 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.
New Era, Michigan: R R d 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 49446 (New Era)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $3,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,557 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)