Ossineke Township is a small rural township located in Michigan's Alpena County. Governed by a five member Board of Trustees, the township is responsible for a variety of local services including garbage collection, road maintenance, and zoning regulations. With a strong focus on fiscal responsibility and transparency, the Board of Trustees strive to ensure that all decisions are made with the best interests of the community in mind. In addition to being fiscally responsible, the Board of Trustees is also dedicated to providing residents with access to information about upcoming elections and political issues. Through public meetings and open forums, board members allow residents to voice their opinions on various topics that affect their everyday lives. By doing so, they ensure that everyone has an opportunity to be heard when it comes time for voting.
The political climate in Ossineke township, MI is strongly conservative.
Alpena County, MI is strongly conservative. In Alpena County, MI 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Alpena county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ossineke township, MI is strongly conservative.
Alpena County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alpena Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ossineke township, Michigan: d r d 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 Ossineke township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 642 contributions totaling $38,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $38,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)