Orangeville is a small town located in Michigan. It is a tightknit community with a strong sense of pride and camaraderie. Politically, the town is divided among Democrats, Republicans, and Independents with each party holding various offices at the local level. Orangeville has an elected Mayor who works with the City Council to oversee municipal services and manage the budget. The City Council consists of several representatives from each political party including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Various state representatives from both major parties also serve on city boards and commissions to ensure that Orangeville residents are receiving the best services possible. With these representatives working together to meet the needs of the community, Orangeville remains a safe and vibrant place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Orangeville, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orangeville, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Orangeville, 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 Orangeville, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,147 contributions totaling $208,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 680 contributions totaling $225,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)