The city of Traverse City, MI 49684 is a vibrant community in northern Michigan. The city is known for its scenic beauty and thriving local businesses. Politically, the city is represented by a variety of elected officials who work to make sure the city remains safe and prosperous. Representative Jack Bergman serves the 1st Congressional District and Senator Debbie Stabenow represents Michigan in the U.S. Senate. On the local level, Mayor Jim Carruthers leads Traverse City's City Commission with four other elected commissioners. Additionally, there are multiple township and county officials who work on behalf of Traverse City residents to ensure resources remain strong and citizens have access to quality services. With so many committed public servants representing Traverse City at different levels, residents can rest assured that their interests remain well represented at all times.
The political climate in Zip 49684 (Traverse City, MI) is leaning conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49684 (Traverse City, MI) is leaning conservative.
Traverse City, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Traverse City, 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 49684 (Traverse City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,081 contributions totaling $356,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 447 contributions totaling $119,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)