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Election 2006 Michigan Money Maps by ZIP Code
Political
Contributions in Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Methodology
- The maps only review contributions to any candidate
with either a Democratic or Republican Party designation.
- All statewide races were included: gubernatorial
candidates, state house and state senate, and University of Michigan
and Michigan State University board of trustees, as well as the
Wayne State University board of governors.
- The comparison in these maps was based on the
contributions to the Democratic Party divided by total contributions.
- If the rate was 45 percent or less (i.e., the
Republican contributions were substantially greater than the Democratic
contributions) contributions were designated “Favor Republicans.”
- If the rate was 55 percent or more (i.e., the
Democratic contributions were substantially greater than the Republican
contributions) contributions were designated “Favor Democrats.”
- If the rate was between 45 percent and 55 percent
(i.e., contributions were favoring neither Republicans nor Democrats)
contributions were designated “Balanced.”
Bay
City-Saginaw Combined Statistical Area
- Overall, the total dollar value of contributions
from the Bay City-Saginaw Combined Statistical Area (CSA) tends
to favor Republicans.
- The regions closest to Lake Huron tend to have
more Democratic contributions.
- Saginaw city proper gives the bulk of its contributions
to Republicans.
- The western central and southwestern portions
of the CSA tend to favor Republicans.
- Contributions from the central southern area
of Saginaw County tend to favor Democrats but come from a relatively
small proportion of the population.
Detroit-Washtenaw-Monroe-Genesee
Combined Statistical Area
- The Detroit-Washtenaw-Monroe-Genesee CSA is
very diverse geographically and politically.
- The downtown areas of Detroit tend to solidly
favor Democrats in terms of their contributions.
- The intensity of Democratic giving fades as
you move north and south following the waterways of the Detroit
and St. Clair Rivers.
- Concentrated Democratic giving resumes in Washtenaw
County and very nearly dominates Genesee County.
- Republican contributions tend to be concentrated
in Lapeer, Macomb, and St. Clair Counties and in the northern
and western regions of Oakland County. The remaining regions of
Republican contributions scatter around specific suburbs such
as Brighton, Milford, and Trenton.
- Areas of balanced giving follow an axis roughly
through the center of the CSA.
Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland Combined Statistical Area
- Republican contributions strongly dominate the
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland CSA.
- The only Democratic strongholds are found in
Muskegon County around the city of Muskegon, the northern reaches
of Muskegon County and northern Newaygo County, and scattered
areas to the south.
- The areas of balanced giving are scattered throughout
the CSA.
Lansing-East
Lansing-Owosso Combined Statistical Area
- Democratic contributions dominate the central
regions of the Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso CSA.
- Republican contributions are derived from the
outlying areas of the CSA such as Leslie, Owosso, St. Johns, Vermontville,
and Webberville.
- Fowler, Grand Ledge, and central areas of Lansing
form a central region of balanced giving, which is mirrored by
Durand in the east.
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2006 Michigan Money Maps by County
A few notes about the data:
- The cumulative file is composed of all electronically
filed campaign finance reports. While there is information from
prior cycles, it is not complete; for example, while Governor
Granholm filed a good deal of her campaign disclosures electronically
in the 2002 cycle, many more of her campaign’s statements
were filed on paper. (Beginning in 2004, all campaign finance
statements for committees that spend or receive $20,000 or more
per year were required to be filed electronically.)
- To make comparisons between candidates most
fair, we have removed any contribution before January 1, 2005,
both to stay within this two-year election cycle and to closely
observe the period of time when the gubernatorial race was taking
shape.
- By definition, this data only includes regulated
contributions (e.g., $500 per representative; $1,000 per senator;
$3,400 for governor; $68,000 for a state central political party).
Money flowing in from 527s or other unaffiliated or unregulated
groups is not included in these totals.
- All data presented was received in files downloaded
from the secretary of state on September 10, and October 30, 2006—major
filing deadlines. Each map shows the date of record.
- If you want to know more about the data, you
can look for yourself online at the secretary of state’s
website. Visit www.michigan.gov/sos,
click on “Elections in Michigan,” and then on “Campaign
Finance Reporting Searchable Database.” Additional data
notes—as well as numerous other data sets—are available
there.
For the background of Michigan Money Maps, click
here.
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