The small city of 48415 Birch Run, MI is located in Saginaw County and is home to a diverse population of almost 2000 people. The local politics are mainly handled by a mayor and a city council, who are elected by the citizens every four years. The mayor and the council are responsible for the daily governing activities of the city, as well as developing long-term strategies that will benefit the entire community. All residents of 48415 Birch Run have a voice when it comes to making important decisions about how their city is run. Through local elections, residents can select who they believe would best represent them in local government and help make their community better. With constant collaboration between its citizens and its elected officials, 48415 Birch Run remains a vibrant and thriving community.
The political climate in Zip 48415 (Birch Run, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48415 (Birch Run, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Birch Run, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Birch Run, Michigan: D d D D r d
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 48415 (Birch Run)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $5,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $3,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)