Onsted, a small village in Lenawee County, Michigan is a tight-knit community known for its rural beauty and quaint atmosphere. Despite its size, Onsted is an active place with many local events and activities that help to bring the village together. Politics play an important role in Onsted and it is home to several political campaigns which focus on local issues such as education, public safety and economic growth. Local candidates are regularly elected to represent the people of Onsted in local government roles. These individuals work hard to ensure that the people of Onsted have a voice when it comes to making decisions about their future. From Town Council meetings to county boards and commissions, politics in Onsted are alive and well, providing an opportunity for citizens to engage with their government at a grassroots level.
The political climate in Onsted, MI is moderately conservative.
Lenawee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Lenawee County, MI 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lenawee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.1%.
Lenawee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Onsted, MI is moderately conservative.
Lenawee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Adrian Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Onsted, Michigan: r R d r 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 Onsted, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $10,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $12,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)