Clare, MI is a small town in the rural region of Michigan. Politically, it is primarily a Republican stronghold, with many local residents supporting conservative policies and values. This is reflected in the elected officials who serve in Clare - most recently, the mayor has been a Republican and the entire city council consists of members who identify as conservative. The majority of state and federal representatives from Clare are also Republicans, which reflects the values of their constituents. While some local residents may disagree with certain stances taken by political leaders, they generally remain supportive of their elected officials and recognize that it's important to have both sides represented in conversations about government affairs.
The political climate in Zip 48617 (Clare, MI) is strongly conservative.
Clare County, MI is very conservative. In Clare County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clare county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Clare county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48617 (Clare, MI) is strongly conservative.
Clare, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Clare County, Michigan is very 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.
Clare, 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 48617 (Clare)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $3,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $9,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)