The Midland, MI Metro Area is a bustling city in the Midwest and is known for its vibrant political activity. Residents of this region enjoy an active civic life, with many citizens involved in various local political organizations. Additionally, the area features multiple candidates running for election each year. These politicians come from all backgrounds and ideologies and bring fresh perspectives to their respective races. The Midland area has long been an important center of politics in Michigan, and it continues to be one today.
The political climate in Midland Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Midland Metro Area 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, the Midland metro area remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 41.7%.
The Midland metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Midland Metro Area
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)