Three Oaks Township is a small community located in the state of Michigan. Despite its size, the township is an important part of the local political landscape. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees, who are elected by residents in staggered four-year terms. Each trustee serves in one of three roles as either Chairperson, Treasurer, or Clerk and each is responsible for managing different aspects of the township’s operations. In addition to the trustees, Three Oaks also has representation on the County Board of Commissioners and at both the state and federal level with representatives from Michigan's 6th congressional district. Residents take their civic duties seriously and regularly participate in local elections to ensure they have strong leaders that represent their interests.
The political climate in Three Oaks township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, MI is leaning conservative. In Berrien County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berrien county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.3%.
Berrien county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Three Oaks township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Niles Metro Area is leaning 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.
Three Oaks township, Michigan: R 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 Three Oaks township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,779 contributions totaling $177,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $23,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)