Filer City, MI is a small town with a population of approximately 1,000 people. The town operates under the mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is John Smith and the six-member city council is composed of four ward representatives and two at-large members. Elected officials are responsible for setting policy, approving the budget, enacting laws and ordinances, and providing services to Filer City residents. In addition to local politics, Filer City citizens also have a voice in national politics by voting for representatives in Congress and the presidential election every four years. Voting centers are conveniently located throughout Filer City so that residents can easily cast their ballots in any election. Residents of Filer City take pride in being actively involved in the political process and participate in local meetings to stay informed about important issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 49634 (Filer City, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49634 (Filer City, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Filer City, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Filer City, Michigan: d r D d 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 49634 (Filer City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)