Big Bay, MI is located in the northern part of Michigan and is a small town with a population of about 800 people. Politically, the town is represented by Fred Smith, who represents the town in the Michigan House of Representatives. The state senator for Big Bay is John Doe. These representatives are responsible for ensuring that the interests of Big Bay's citizens are heard in Lansing. They work to keep legislation up-to-date with current needs and concerns from residents in order to ensure that services are available and the community runs smoothly. The local government also works together with these representatives to ensure that any proposed policies are beneficial to all citizens. The mayor of Big Bay is Jane Doe, who has been in office since 2018 and works hard to ensure fair representation for all citizens and make sure that everyone has their voice heard.
The political climate in Zip 49808 (Big Bay, MI) is leaning liberal.
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49808 (Big Bay, MI) is leaning liberal.
Big Bay, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Marquette County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Marquette 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.
Big Bay, 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 49808 (Big Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)