North Branch Township, MI is a small community with a population of about 4,700 people located in Lapeer County. This township has been seeing an increase in growth due to its close proximity to larger cities like Flint and Detroit. Politically, North Branch Township leans toward the Republican party though there are still some Democratic voters as well. The township is known for its active political involvement, with many involved in local campaigns and initiatives to improve their community. In the most recent election cycle, the residents elected former mayor Robert Jenevein to serve as Mayor again after his previous two terms in office. As mayor, Jenevein has been working to address issues such as infrastructure upgrades and increased investment for local businesses. He also recently led a campaign to bring broadband access into North Branch Township so that all residents could have access to high-speed internet connectivity. Overall, politics in North Branch Township are vibrant and full of energy which helps make it a great place to live.
The political climate in North Branch township, MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, MI is very conservative. In Lapeer County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lapeer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Lapeer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Branch township, MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, Michigan is very 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.
North Branch 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 North Branch township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $1,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $16,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)