Lima, Michigan is a small city located in the southeastern region of the state. It has a city government that consists of a mayor and four city council members who are responsible for making decisions about the city’s future. The political atmosphere in Lima is quite friendly and cooperative, as residents tend to cooperate when it comes to larger issues or projects that affect the entire community. There are not any divisive political campaigns going on in Lima at this time, but there is still an active discussion of ideas among local residents regarding what should be done to improve life in their hometown. The mayor and city council work together with citizens to ensure that everyone’s voices are being heard and considered when it comes to important decisions concerning the future of Lima.
The political climate in Lima, 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
Lima, 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.
Lima, 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 Lima, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,525 contributions totaling $2,814,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,812 contributions totaling $537,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)