Isabella, MI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is home to a diverse population that is dedicated to creating a vibrant community where everyone feels welcome and included. Despite the small size of the town, Isabella boasts an active political landscape, with several organizations working tirelessly to ensure that local voters have access to their elected officials and an avenue through which to engage with them. The Democratic Party has strong representation in Isabella, with several candidates running for office in recent years. These include Jeff Mayes, who is currently running for State Representative, and Michael Smith, who recently won the election as County Treasurer. Additionally, Isabella is represented by two members of Congress from Michigan鈥檚 Seventh Congressional District: Justin Amash and Tim Walberg. There are also several advocacy organizations such as Clean Water Action, which works to protect local water sources from environmental threats; Michigan Citizens Lobby/Michigan Citizen Action which works on issues related to education reform; Voters Voice which advocates for voting rights; and many more. All of these organizations work together with local politicians to ensure that Isabella residents have access to responsible leadership at all levels of government.
The political climate in Isabella, MI is somewhat conservative.
Isabella County, MI is leaning conservative. In Isabella County, MI 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isabella county remained Republican, 50.3% to 47.7%.
Isabella county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Isabella, MI is somewhat conservative.
Isabella County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Mount Pleasant 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.
Isabella, Michigan: d d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Isabella, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,934 contributions totaling $649,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $397,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $809 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)