Politics in 48851 Lyons, MI are largely determined by the votes and decisions of local citizens. The city is part of Shiawassee County which is represented by Congressman Tim Walberg, a Republican who was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2008. On the state level, Senator Dale W. Zorn represents Michigan's 17th Senate district and has held office since 2011. Additionally, Representative Ben Frederick represents Michigan's 82nd district in the State House of Representatives since 2017. In terms of local government, Lyons has a City Council composed of seven members elected at-large by the citizens every two years. The council manages its own finances and selects a mayor and city manager to handle some administrative functions. Overall, Lyons provides its residents with plenty of opportunities to get involved and make their voices heard on important issues that affect the community.
The political climate in Zip 48851 (Lyons, MI) is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ionia County, MI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ionia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.8%.
Ionia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48851 (Lyons, MI) is strongly conservative.
Lyons, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Lyons, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48851 (Lyons)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)