Chelsea, MI is a small town located in the Greater Ann Arbor area of Michigan. The town is governed by a Mayor and City Council who work to ensure that all citizens’ needs are met and that the city runs smoothly. The current Mayor is Melissa Johnson, who was elected in 2015. Other members of the government include six City Council members who serve four year terms. They are tasked with making decisions about community development, public safety, economic development and other issues affecting Chelsea residents. In addition to the local government, citizens in Chelsea vote for representatives at county, state and federal levels. All of these representatives are expected to act in the best interests of their constituents.
The political climate in Chelsea, MI is somewhat liberal.
Washtenaw County, MI is very liberal. In Washtenaw County, MI 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washtenaw county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.9%.
Washtenaw county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chelsea, MI is somewhat liberal.
Washtenaw County, Michigan is very liberal.
Ann Arbor Metro Area is very 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.
Chelsea, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Chelsea, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,464 contributions totaling $361,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $76,834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)