Buchanan, Michigan is a rural farming community located in Berrien County. Politically, the city leans Republican with the majority of its residents voting for conservative candidates in national and local elections. At the local level, residents are represented by a mayor and six-member city council elected to 4-year terms. The current mayor is Mark Senter, who was first elected in 2017. The city council members are Larry Spires, Sarah Anderson, Mandy Cavanaugh, John Miller, Roberta Johnson, and Rachael Koons. Local politics in 49107 Buchanan reflects the small-town values of its residents with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and public safety. Although not always popular, these efforts have resulted in lower taxes while still providing services that benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 49107 (Buchanan, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, MI is leaning conservative. In Berrien County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berrien county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.3%.
Berrien county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49107 (Buchanan, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Buchanan, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Niles 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.
Buchanan, Michigan: R 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 49107 (Buchanan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $28,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $7,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)