Middlebury, MI is a small town located in Southwest Michigan. It has a population of about 2,600 people and covers an area of around nine square miles. Despite its size, the citizens of Middlebury take politics seriously and are actively involved in local political matters. The town holds regular elections for mayor and council members, as well as other important positions. All candidates must be registered to vote within the community. In addition to these elections, there are various committees and boards that work on policy changes specific to the town. These committees are often comprised of volunteers who have expertise on particular issues. Overall, Middlebury takes pride in their political processes and works hard to ensure that the best people are elected to represent the citizens of the community.
The political climate in Middlebury, MI is strongly 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
Middlebury, MI is strongly 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.
Middlebury, 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 Middlebury, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 599 contributions totaling $24,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $19,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)