Battle Creek, MI, with its zip code of 49014, is a city located in Calhoun County in the state of Michigan. It is home to a population of approximately 52,347 people as of 2019. The local politics are represented by an elected Mayor and 9 City Commissioner's who make up the Battle Creek City Commission. This commission works together to create policy that will shape the future of the city and ensure its residents have access to quality public services while keeping their taxes low. The current Mayor is Mark Behnke who has held his position since 2015. He is running for re-election in November 2021 against two challengers: Tommy Phillips and Derek Pope. Residents of Battle Creek have the opportunity to vote for one of these candidates during this election season to help shape their local political landscape in this upcoming term.
The political climate in Zip 49014 (Battle Creek, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49014 (Battle Creek, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Battle Creek, 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 49014 (Battle Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 224 contributions totaling $15,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $6,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)