Manistee Township, MI is located in the northern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and is an important political center in the region. The township is governed by a board of trustees who are elected by its population to serve four-year terms. The board works together to create policies for the local government, oversee public service and safety, and make sure that the community's needs are met. In addition to the township government, Manistee has representation at both state and national levels. At the state level, Manistee residents elect representatives to serve in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate. At the federal level, Manistee is represented in Congress through representatives in the House of Representatives. Manistee Township residents have a long history of engaging with their local politics to ensure they receive quality representation from their elected officials on both state and federal levels.
The political climate in Manistee township, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manistee township, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Manistee township, Michigan: d 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 Manistee township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,028 contributions totaling $566,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $551 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $261,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $757 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)