The city of Corunna, MI (48817), is a small but vibrant community in Shiawassee County. It is home to a diverse population with citizens from all walks of life. Politically, the city tends to lean left in terms of its voting records and has typically elected Democratic candidates for local offices. In recent years, the city has seen representation from both major parties in various municipal and county-level elections. The current mayor is Democrat Donna Bales, who was elected to her first term in 2020. Other local officials include City Council members and Shiawassee County Commissioners who have been largely divided along party lines. While the election results are not always predictable, Corunna residents consistently demonstrate their commitment to civic engagement by actively participating at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 48817 (Corunna, MI) is moderately conservative.
Shiawassee County, MI is moderately conservative. In Shiawassee County, MI 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shiawassee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.0%.
Shiawassee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48817 (Corunna, MI) is moderately conservative.
Corunna, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Shiawassee County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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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.
Corunna, Michigan: r r d d 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 zip 48817 (Corunna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $7,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $1,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)