Parma, MI is a small town in Calhoun County located just outside of Battle Creek. It is an area that has long been known for its strong sense of community and shared values. While Parma does not have its own local government or elected officials, it remains politically active with many local residents participating in elections at the county and state levels. The county level politics in 49269 Parma, MI are dominated by the Republican party. This is reflected in the voting patterns throughout the county which typically lean towards more conservative policies. In terms of state level politics, the people of Parma are represented by State Senator Margaret O'Brien and State Representative John Bizon as well as U.S Representative Bill Huizenga in Congress. Residents of Parma take part in a variety of civic activities to effect change and remain engaged within their communities and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 49269 (Parma, MI) is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49269 (Parma, MI) is moderately conservative.
Parma, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Parma, 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 49269 (Parma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $5,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $5,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)