Hersey Township, MI is an area of Michigan that is known for its strong sense of community and culture. The township is served by a Town Supervisor, four Trustees, and a Clerk. Collectively, these elected officials are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens of Hersey Township, ranging from making laws to allocating funds within the local budget. The Township also has two school districts that are overseen by separately elected Boards of Education. Every few years, local residents have the opportunity to vote in elections in order to decide which candidates will represent them in town hall meetings and other government functions. This democratic system allows citizens to take part in their own governance, ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to important issues facing the township. Hersey Township is committed to being transparent about its political processes while still striving for efficient decision-making within its own borders.
The political climate in Hersey township, MI is strongly conservative.
Osceola County, MI is very conservative. In Osceola County, MI 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hersey township, MI is strongly conservative.
Osceola 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.
Hersey 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 Hersey township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $3,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $6,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)