Elk Rapids, MI is located in Antrim County and is home to around 2500 people. The politics in Elk Rapids are centered around local representation and sustainability initiatives. Local political candidates in the area focus on providing quality services to the community, such as improving infrastructure and supporting small businesses. Issues of importance for the people of Elk Rapids include public transportation, school funding, and environmental protection. These topics have been discussed at length by current elected officials and will continue to be addressed as new candidates come forward in the future.
The political climate in Zip 49629 (Elk Rapids, MI) is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49629 (Elk Rapids, MI) is moderately conservative.
Elk Rapids, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Elk Rapids, Michigan: R R R 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 49629 (Elk Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $16,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $9,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)