The politics of the Adrian, MI Metro Area is largely dominated by the local Republican party. The current mayor, Jeffery Hauptman, and City Council are all members of the Republican party. All local elections tend to be competitive between Republicans and Democrats alike as both parties have a presence in the community. Local political issues vary from education to taxation policies and most importantly, overall representation of Adrian’s citizens. Despite being a traditionally Republican city, most people in Adrian share a common desire for improvement in their city through better funding for education and infrastructure projects, lower taxes, and more efficient government operations.
The political climate in Adrian Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Adrian Metro Area 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, the Adrian metro area remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.1%.
The Adrian metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Adrian, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Adrian Metro Area
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)