Orient, MI is a small town nestled in the northern part of Michigan. The city has a population of approximately 1,500 and is home to an active local government. The town is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve two year terms. In recent years, Orient has seen its share of political activity with multiple candidates vying for local offices each election season. The current mayor is Dr. William Johnson and the council members are Tom Smith, Jack Anderson, Sue Miller, Scott Brown, and Lisa Taylor. Each candidate works hard to ensure the citizens of Orient have access to affordable services and that their voices are heard in local decision making processes. Local politics in Orient have become increasingly important as citizens strive to maintain quality of life and protect the environment from development and industry expansion.
The political climate in Orient, MI is very conservative.
Osceola County, MI is very conservative. In Osceola County, MI 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orient, MI is very conservative.
Osceola County, Michigan is very 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.
Orient, 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 Orient, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $3,483 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $4,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)