Adrian, MI is a city located in the southeastern corner of Michigan. It is part of Lenawee County and home to approximately 22,000 people. Politics in Adrian are run according to the traditional two-party system and include a Mayor, City Council and City Clerk among other elected positions. In recent years, local elections have seen Republican candidates dominating most races. The current Mayor of Adrian is Bob Bezotte who was elected in 2017 and is serving his second term. He has been joined by a council comprised largely of Republicans, including Jodi French, Alan Aupperlee, Brad Watson, Jordan Gribble and Robert Stempowski. These five individuals along with others make up the governing body of the city and oversee all aspects of life in Adrian from taxes to infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Zip 49221 (Adrian, MI) is somewhat 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 49221 (Adrian, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Adrian, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Adrian, 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 49221 (Adrian)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 595 contributions totaling $51,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $124,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)