The small rural town of Mendon, Michigan is located in the southwestern corner of the state and has a population of approximately 1,200. The politics in Mendon are handled at a local level with the city council made up of seven elected officials to oversee the day to day operations and decisions concerning the area. The mayor of Mendon is elected every four years on a non-partisan ballot and is responsible for setting policies for the city as well as appointing department heads. They also work closely with members from other towns in the region to ensure that they have all resources necessary to maintain their community. The City Council meets on a regular basis throughout the year which allows residents to voice their opinions on current issues and get involved in deciding how their taxes will be spent.
The political climate in Mendon, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mendon, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly 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.
Mendon, Michigan: R R r 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 Mendon, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $4,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $6,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $429 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)