The politics of 49286 Tecumseh, MI is determined by the local government which is made up of the mayor and city council. The current mayor is Gary McNamara who was elected in 2019 and the City Council includes John Russell II, James Loar, Ken Briggs, David Karpinski, Jody Roberts, Bruce Stover, and Paul Bumhoffer. The local government works to ensure that the interests of the citizens are represented in decisions made by the City Council with regards to policy making. This includes issues such as infrastructure development, economic development initiatives, public safety initiatives, and other community-related concerns. The local government also works to make sure that services like police protection and fire protection are adequately funded so that they can be provided efficiently for all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 49286 (Tecumseh, 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 49286 (Tecumseh, MI) is moderately conservative.
Tecumseh, 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.
Tecumseh, 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 49286 (Tecumseh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 756 contributions totaling $45,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $24,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)