Politics in 49238 Deerfield, MI is an important part of the local community. Residents of Deerfield are represented by a variety of elected officials at the federal, state, county and local levels. At the U.S. federal level, individuals from this area are served by Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and Senator Gary Peters. On the Michigan State level, residents have representatives in both the House of Representatives and Senate. In addition to these larger political roles, there is also a local city council which works to ensure that Deerfield remains an attractive and safe place for its citizens. The city council is elected every two years and consists of seven members who work together to make decisions about local issues such as zoning laws, taxation policies, public safety initiatives and more.
The political climate in Zip 49238 (Deerfield, MI) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 49238 (Deerfield, MI) is moderately conservative.
Deerfield, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Lenawee County, Michigan 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.
Deerfield, 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 zip 49238 (Deerfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $15 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)