49688 Tustin, MI is a small rural community located in the northern part of Michigan's lower peninsula. It is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere as well as an array of local resources and activities to explore. The politics of 49688 Tustin, MI are largely driven by local citizens. While national politicians may influence decision-making in some ways, residents have a big say in how their township operates and what happens within it. Local politicians tend to focus on issues that affect residents such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and other important quality of life matters. Residents have the opportunity to engage with local elected officials on these issues so that their voices can be heard and taken into account when decisions are made.
The political climate in Zip 49688 (Tustin, MI) is very conservative.
Osceola County, MI is very conservative. In Osceola County, MI 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49688 (Tustin, MI) is very conservative.
Tustin, Michigan is very conservative.
Osceola County, Michigan is very 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.
Tustin, 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 49688 (Tustin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)