Lawrence, MI is a small town located in the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The local politics are mainly focused on how to improve the quality of life for its residents, as well as how to maintain and improve the infrastructure and resources available in the area. Lawrence has a mayor and city council that meet regularly to discuss and vote on issues affecting Lawrence. The mayor is responsible for representing citizens before government entities such as state, county or federal agencies. City council members are elected by registered voters in Lawrence and serve four-year terms. They focus on issues such as public safety, public transportation, economic development, education and other community-related topics. Despite its small size, Lawrence is committed to ensuring its citizens have a voice in their government and are able to actively participate in decision making processes that affect them.
The political climate in Lawrence, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Lawrence, Michigan: r r d d 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 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 Lawrence, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $10,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $4,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)