49277 Rives Junction, MI is a small town in Jackson County that has had a long history of political involvement. The local government is comprised of five council members and the Mayor, who are all voted in to office by the citizens of the area. Elections are held every two years and often feature debates on pertinent issues such as public safety, waste management, education policies and taxes. In addition to these local elections, citizens also participate in state-level politics. On the state level they can vote for representatives for the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. These representatives are chosen based on their stances on key issues and their ability to represent their constituents in the state legislature. Additionally, voters from 49277 Rives Junction are able to cast their ballots for candidates running for President of The United States during national elections.
The political climate in Zip 49277 (Rives Junction, 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 49277 (Rives Junction, MI) is moderately conservative.
Rives Junction, 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.
Rives Junction, 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 49277 (Rives Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)