White Pigeon, MI is a small town located in St. Joseph County with an estimated population of 1,309. It is governed by a village council composed of seven elected members and a mayor, all of whom serve 2-year terms. The town鈥檚 politics are generally non-partisan, although the local candidates have occasionally endorsed either the Democratic or Republican party depending on their beliefs and policy priorities. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in White Pigeon. However, the village council and mayor strive to ensure that the needs of residents are met through public services and infrastructure improvements. Residents can actively participate in local politics by voting for candidates during municipal elections, speaking at village council meetings or contacting their elected representatives directly with questions or concerns.
The political climate in Zip 49099 (White Pigeon, MI) is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49099 (White Pigeon, MI) is strongly conservative.
White Pigeon, Michigan is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
White Pigeon, 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 49099 (White Pigeon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $4,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $21,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)