Morenci, MI is a small city located in Lenawee County. It is a part of the Tri-Cities area, along with Adrian and Tecumseh. The politics in 49256 Morenci, MI are primarily focused on local issues such as budgeting, infrastructure improvements, education and public safety. The city council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of Morenci for two-year terms. Local elections are held in November of odd-numbered years with candidates running to represent their constituents’ views. The current mayor is Jeff Bell, who was re-elected for his second term in 2017. In addition to the city government, Morenci also has representation in the state House of Representatives and Senate from district 56. Every year various political campaigns come through town to spread awareness about upcoming elections and inform voters about important issues facing the community. As a result, 49256 Morenci, MI has a strong civic engagement which helps make sure that the local government does its best to serve its residents and businesses.
The political climate in Zip 49256 (Morenci, 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 49256 (Morenci, MI) is moderately conservative.
Morenci, 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.
Morenci, 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 49256 (Morenci)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)