49791 Topinabee, MI is a small town located in Cheboygan County. It is home to approximately 1,400 people and is known for its strong sense of community. The local politics are mainly influenced by the municipality, which consists of five elected members that make up the village council. These members are responsible for setting local policy and managing the budget for the village. Local elections occur on a regular basis with each council member running for reelection every two years. The current mayor of Topinabee is Dennis Kile and he has been in office since 2019. Additionally, there are several committees such as the Board of Review, Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals that help shape policy within the village. All these entities work together to ensure that all residents have a say in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 49791 (Topinabee, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cheboygan County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheboygan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.2%.
Cheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49791 (Topinabee, MI) is strongly conservative.
Topinabee, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan 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.
Topinabee, Michigan: R R r 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 49791 (Topinabee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)