Portland, MI is a small town located in Ionia County with a population of around 3,800 people. The town has a long history of involvement in politics, with its citizens actively participating in the democratic and republican parties. Several current local political candidates are campaigning for various offices including mayor, sheriff, treasurer, and clerk. Each candidate brings their own unique experience and perspective to the table as they strive to bring positive change to Portland. Local elections often focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and environmental sustainability. Regardless of which party wins or which candidate is elected, the people of Portland can be sure that their voices will be heard and taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions about the future of their city.
The political climate in Portland, MI is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ionia County, MI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ionia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.8%.
Ionia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Portland, MI is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, Michigan 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.
Portland, 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 Portland, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $4,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $9,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)