Brighton Township, MI is a small township located in the southeast corner of Livingston County. Despite its size, Brighton Township has an active political landscape with various local organizations and offices dedicated to governance in the region. The Township Board is composed of five members who are elected by residents for two year terms. Additionally, the Township has a local police force which serves to ensure safety and uphold the law throughout Brighton Township. Furthermore, the Michigan Democratic Party and Michigan Republican Party both have strong presences in the area providing residents with opportunities to get involved in politics at both local and national levels. Overall, Brighton Township is a vibrant political hub that seeks to provide its citizens with a safe and well-regulated environment for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Brighton township, MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brighton township, MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Brighton township, 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 Brighton township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,033 contributions totaling $443,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,162 contributions totaling $296,353 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)