Douglas, MI is a small rural town located in the south-central part of Michigan. As such, it has a relatively small population of just over 2,500 people. Despite the town's size, Douglas is home to an active local political scene. Every two years, residents of Douglas have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates to serve on the city council and school board. These candidates are chosen from among the local residents and can be identified by their commitment to serving the community and its people. There is also a mayoral election every four years that helps determine who will best lead the town in terms of policy and development. With so many opportunities to get involved in shaping the future of their town, Douglas residents take their civic responsibility very seriously.
The political climate in Douglas, MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas, MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Douglas, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Douglas, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,396 contributions totaling $294,839 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $208,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,040 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)