The politics in 48420 Clio, MI are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The City of Clio has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor having the most power and being responsible for creating budgets and appointing department heads. Local elections are held every two years to determine the mayors, city council members, and other local officials. The current mayor of Clio is Kathryn Stotler, who was re-elected in 2019 and is a member of the Republican Party. The city council consists of seven elected members who review and approve all city ordinances. Of these seven members, six are Republicans while one is a Democrat. Additionally, the Michigan House of Representatives has three representatives from Clio, all from different districts. All three are currently Republicans as well. Overall, it can be seen that the political landscape in Clio is strongly dominated by Republicans at both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 48420 (Clio, MI) is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48420 (Clio, MI) is leaning liberal.
Clio, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clio, Michigan: D D D D d 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 48420 (Clio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $18,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $12,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)