Attica, Michigan is a small town of about 1,400 people located in the middle of Lapeer County. The town is governed by the Attica Township Board consisting of five members who are elected by the citizens of Attica every two years. The board decides and implements all local policies. Currently, the board members are Donald McCole, LeaAnn Bland, Kelly Kursinsky, Karen McEwen, and Doug Elliott. The community of Attica is also represented at the state level by their senator and representative which makes it easy for citizens to voice their opinions on important matters. In addition to these representatives, local political candidates can be found running for positions such as county commissioner or school board vice president to provide a range of opportunities for local residents to make an impact on their community.
The political climate in Zip 48412 (Attica, MI) is very conservative.
Lapeer County, MI is very conservative. In Lapeer County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lapeer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Lapeer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48412 (Attica, MI) is very conservative.
Attica, Michigan is very conservative.
Lapeer County, Michigan is very conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Attica, 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 48412 (Attica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $2,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $19,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $570 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)