Au Gres Township is a small community in Michigan located along the Saginaw Bay and Tittabawassee River. It is known for its beautiful natural areas, such as the Betsie Valley Nature Reserve and Au Gres State Park. The township is governed by a board of trustees who are elected to serve four-year terms. They work together to ensure the safety and welfare of all residents within the township, from setting rules and regulations to providing services such as police, fire, and road maintenance. Local candidates for trustee positions include incumbents Clayton Kammerer, Pete Clark, Joe Jankowski, and Robert Johnston; challengers Larry Lee Smith Jr., Lee Ann Schramm-Hanna, and Mark Winkler Jr.; as well as several other residents. All of these individuals have shown themselves to be dedicated public servants who are passionate about making Au Gres Township a great place to live.
The political climate in Au Gres township, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac County, MI is very conservative. In Arenac County, MI 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arenac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.4%.
Arenac county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Au Gres township, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac County, Michigan is very 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.
Au Gres township, Michigan: d d 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 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 Au Gres township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 238 contributions totaling $6,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $23,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)