Oakley, MI is a small town in Saginaw County with a population of around 733 people. Despite the small size, politics in 48649 Oakley, MI are a major part of life for the residents. Most of the political activity revolves around local elections and issues that affect the town and its citizens. During local elections, candidates from both major parties compete for votes from the community. Issues that come up during campaigns range from infrastructure and economic development to public safety and education. The town also has an active voice in state and national politics, as many citizens become involved in political activities at various levels. While 48649 Oakley is small, it is an active participant in Michigan's political process and takes great pride in its ability to make a difference on important issues facing the state and nation.
The political climate in Zip 48649 (Oakley, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48649 (Oakley, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Oakley, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oakley, Michigan: D d D D r 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 48649 (Oakley)
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 8 contributions totaling $691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)