Lenawee County, Michigan is located in the southeastern corner of the state and is home to many rural communities. The county has a strong agriculture industry, as well as manufacturing and services industries that provide employment opportunities for local residents. Local politics in Lenawee County are overseen by the board of commissioners, who are elected to four-year terms. They work with other local government officials such as sheriffs, prosecutors, treasurers, clerks, road commissioners and other department heads to ensure the safe and efficient running of Lenawee County. In addition, there are several other organizations that promote public policies that support the citizens of Lenawee County including school districts and special interest groups. All of these entities must work together to ensure that the needs of all constituents are met properly in order to keep Lenawee County functioning smoothly.
The political climate in 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
Lenawee County, MI 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.
Lenawee, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lenawee County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,010 contributions totaling $138,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,070 contributions totaling $257,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)