48656 St. Helen, MI is a small town with a tight-knit community. It has a mayor-council form of government that consists of five members who are elected at large by the citizens of the town to serve as their representatives. The mayor and council members serve four-year terms and work together to manage the day-to-day operations of the town, such as maintaining public services like police, fire, street maintenance, and water supply. They also set ordinances to help ensure that only beneficial activities take place within the city limits. St. Helen strives for open communication between its citizens and local officials in order to ensure everyone’s interests are heard. Local elections are held regularly in order for St. Helen residents to make their voices heard in the decision making process that affects them directly.
The political climate in Zip 48656 (St. Helen, MI) is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48656 (St. Helen, MI) is moderately conservative.
St. Helen, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Roscommon 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.
St. Helen, Michigan: d 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 48656 (St. Helen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)