Midland County, MI is a vibrant county located in central Michigan. Politically, Midland County is split between Democratic and Republican parties. The County Board of Commissioners is made up of six representatives who serve to manage the county's resources responsibly while supporting shared community values. These representatives are elected by voters throughout the county in non-partisan local elections. The boards main focus is to address issues related to public safety, health care, economic development and community growth. In addition to the board of commissioners, Midland County also has several local political candidates for state and federal offices including United States Senator, United States Representative, State Senator and State Representatives in both the House and Senate. These candidates work hard to represent their constituents and ensure that their voices are heard on important issues such as healthcare reform, tax reform, infrastructure improvements, education reform and protecting our environment.
The political climate in Midland County, MI is somewhat conservative.
In Midland County, MI 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Midland county remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 41.7%.
Midland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midland County, MI is somewhat conservative.
Midland Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Midland, 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 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 Midland County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,930 contributions totaling $661,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,209 contributions totaling $962,094 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $796 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)