Lawrence Township is a small town located in the state of Michigan. It has a rich history and culture, with its diverse population making up a large portion of the community. Politically, Lawrence Township is known for being a swing state and holds elections for both local and national office. Local candidates run for mayor, city council, school board, circuit court judge, county commissioner, and other positions. Each election cycle brings together residents who share their views on how to best govern Lawrence Township. Residents take part in debates and discussions that are held in the local community to ensure that everyone’s opinion is heard. As such, Lawrence Township has become known as an important area of political discussion in Michigan.
The political climate in Lawrence township, MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence township, MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Lawrence township, Michigan: r r d d 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 Lawrence township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,110 contributions totaling $47,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $47,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)