Prairie Ronde, Michigan is a small town located in the county of Kalamazoo. The area has traditionally been politically conservative, with Republicans having a stronghold on local politics. While there have been some changes in recent years concerning party affiliations and local elections, the Republicans remain the main political force in Prairie Ronde. In recent years, Republican candidates have been elected to all three major positions in the county- Mayor, County Commissioner, and Sheriff. Each election cycle brings new candidates from both parties vying for leadership roles within the community. Although turnout is often low due to Prairie Ronde's small population size, constituents are engaged in making sure their voices are heard at the polls. It is clear that politics remain an important part of life in Prairie Ronde.
The political climate in Prairie Ronde, MI is leaning conservative.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prairie Ronde, MI is leaning conservative.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Prairie Ronde, 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 Prairie Ronde, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $30,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $16,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)