Tecumseh, MI is a small city located in southeast Michigan in Lenawee County. It has a rich political history that includes active participation in local elections as well as involvement in state and national politics. Tecumseh has a long history of electing qualified individuals to serve as mayor and members of the City Council. Each member of the City Council represents their Ward and works together to ensure that the best interests of the people of Tecumseh are served. Local residents have a strong interest in local and state politics and often get involved with campaigns for candidates running for office at all levels of government. Elections in Tecumseh generally feature spirited debates between candidates from both major parties about important issues facing the city, such as education, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure.
The political climate in Tecumseh, MI is somewhat conservative.
Lenawee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Lenawee County, MI 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lenawee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.1%.
Lenawee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tecumseh, MI is somewhat conservative.
Lenawee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Adrian Metro Area is moderately 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.
Tecumseh, Michigan: r R d 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 Tecumseh, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 756 contributions totaling $45,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $24,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)