Gaines Township, MI is located in Genesee County, and is a small, rural community of around 15,000 people. The township is managed by a five-member board of trustees who are elected to four-year terms. The trustees meet regularly to discuss and address issues important to the local community. Local residents will often attend these meetings to voice their opinions and participate in decisions that affect the future of the town. Other elected representatives that serve the local area include representation at the county level for the Board of Commissioners and for the Sheriff’s Office. Elections for these positions take place every two years on odd numbered years, with regular voter registration and awareness campaigns held throughout the year. In addition to these local officials, state representatives are also available to advocate for their constituents in Lansing. Overall, politics in Gaines Township are truly reflective of its small town atmosphere where all residents can be actively involved in decision making processes directly affecting their lives.
The political climate in Gaines township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gaines township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint 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.
Gaines township, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 Gaines township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 901 contributions totaling $61,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $32,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)