Montrose, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Genesee County. Politically, Montrose is governed by its citizens who elect the mayor and city council members to serve on the city council. The current mayor of Montrose is Larry Anderson, who has been in office since 2010. The city council meets regularly to conduct city business and debate important issues. Montrose residents have an opportunity to get involved in their local politics by attending city council meetings, voting in elections, or running for office themselves. Residents can also help shape policy decisions by voicing their opinion publicly at town hall meetings or writing letters to their elected officials. With its strong sense of civic engagement and commitment to open government, the people of Montrose strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Montrose, MI is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montrose, MI is leaning liberal.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Montrose, 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 Montrose, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $2,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)