The politics in 48750 Oscoda, MI are largely driven by the people who live and work there. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected to a two-year term and the City Council members being elected to four-year terms. The current Mayor is Linda Neubaur, and she is supported by five other local councillors. The Oscoda City Council works together to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services and that the community remains vibrant and prosperous. They are also responsible for determining how taxpayer funds are used in order to bring economic development, job opportunities, safety initiatives, and public works projects to the area. Additionally, they work with other local governments in the region in order to ensure that policies concerning shared resources are enacted responsibly and fairly.
The political climate in Zip 48750 (Oscoda, MI) is moderately conservative.
Iosco County, MI is strongly conservative. In Iosco County, MI 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iosco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.9%.
Iosco county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48750 (Oscoda, MI) is moderately conservative.
Oscoda, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Iosco 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.
Oscoda, Michigan: d r d 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 48750 (Oscoda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $17,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $8,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)