The small town of Wellston, MI, with a population of approximately 1,400 people, is governed by an elected mayor and a city council consisting of six members. The council members are responsible for setting the budget for the city’s projects and managing local affairs. In addition to these roles, the government also serves as advisers to the mayor who is mostly responsible for making sure that municipal laws are correctly applied. The residents of Wellston vote for their local representatives in elections held every two years. Candidates from both major parties stand in these polls with campaigns focusing on topics such as job creation, public safety and infrastructure development. Over the years, the politics in 49689 Wellston, MI have been characterized by professional debates between candidates that have helped residents become better informed about their choices at each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 49689 (Wellston, MI) is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49689 (Wellston, MI) is moderately conservative.
Wellston, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Wellston, Michigan: d r D d 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 49689 (Wellston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $508 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)