The small city of Durand, MI, located in Shiawassee county has a population of just over 3,000 people. It is home to an ever-growing population of diverse residents who are passionate about their local politics. Durand is currently represented by State Representative Rodney Wakeman and State Senator Ken Horn in Lansing. On the local level, the city government consists of an elected mayor and four commissioners, with citizens regularly involved in meetings and voting on various initiatives that affect the city. Durand’s residents pride themselves on staying informed about local politics and taking the time to vote on important issues that impact their community. The city also holds regular events such as town hall meetings to ensure citizens stay up to date on current events and have opportunities to provide feedback or voice their opinions on matters that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 48429 (Durand, 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 48429 (Durand, MI) is moderately conservative.
Durand, 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.
Durand, 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 48429 (Durand)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $4,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)