49087 Schoolcraft, MI is a small rural community located in the southwestern portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The area is home to a diverse population with many different political views. While the majority of residents lean conservative, there are still those who identify as liberal or moderate. In recent years, people have become more engaged in local politics and Schoolcraft has seen an increase in voter turnout for both state and national elections. Local issues such as public education, property taxes, and economic development are often discussed in town meetings and debates. Numerous candidates from both major parties have run for office in the past decade and several members of the community are actively involved in grassroots campaigns to support their chosen candidates. Ultimately, it is up to the residents of 49087 Schoolcraft to decide who will represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 49087 (Schoolcraft, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49087 (Schoolcraft, MI) is leaning liberal.
Schoolcraft, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Schoolcraft, 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 49087 (Schoolcraft)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $30,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $16,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)