The city of Swartz Creek, MI is a vibrant community located in the heart of Genesee County. The population in 48473 Swartz Creek, MI is 8,248 according to the 2019 United States Census Bureau. There are currently two City Council members representing the citizens of Swartz Creek: Donni Steele and Jason McGee. Donni Steele has served on the council since 2015 while Jason McGee has served since 2017. The City Council works hard to ensure that local policies reflect the values of the citizens they serve by holding public hearings and responding to constituent feedback. They strive to create initiatives that promote the economic opportunities and quality of life for all citizens. In addition, they hold regular meetings with other local government officials and agencies in order to better represent their constituents' needs within the larger region. Through these collaborative efforts, Swartz Creek remains a strong community with a bright future ahead.
The political climate in Zip 48473 (Swartz Creek, MI) is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48473 (Swartz Creek, MI) is leaning liberal.
Swartz Creek, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Swartz Creek, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 48473 (Swartz Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $34,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $20,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)