Durand, MI is a small city located in the midwestern United States that is home to a vibrant and diverse community. With its rich history and culture, it has become an important part of the region’s political landscape. As a medium-sized city with just over 5,000 people, Durand has several elected representatives at the local level including a mayor and members of City Council. The mayor works to ensure the city’s day-to-day operations are running smoothly while the City Council focuses on long-term goals for the town. Durand also sends representatives to county boards and commissions to advocate for residents’ rights and interests. Recently, there have been debates about important issues such as public transportation, housing affordability, tax reform, and other topics related to quality of life in Durand. Local political candidates have put forth proposals and strategies for solving these issues - all of which are aimed at creating an even better place to live for everyone in this unique community.
The political climate in Durand, MI is somewhat conservative.
Shiawassee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Shiawassee County, MI 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shiawassee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.0%.
Shiawassee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Durand, MI is somewhat conservative.
Shiawassee County, Michigan 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.
Durand, 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 Durand, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $4,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)