Calumet Charter Township, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a small community with a population of around 5,000 people. It is a rural area with great outdoor recreation opportunities and an active local farming and logging economy. Politically, Calumet Charter Township is part of the larger Houghton County political district. The current elected officials for Calumet Charter Township are Bill Lynn (Supervisor), Trudy Skoog (Clerk) and Larry Dooherty (Treasurer). All three of these individuals were elected to their positions on November 6th, 2018 and will serve until 2022. As part of this political district, the township also participates in county-wide initiatives such as protecting natural resources and improving education services. Additionally, Calumet Charter Township residents may take part in state-level politics through voting in state elections taking place every two years. It is important for all residents of the township to stay informed on local issues and actively participate in elections so that they can have a say in shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Calumet charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Houghton County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Houghton County, MI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houghton county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 41.8%.
Houghton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calumet charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Houghton County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Houghton Metro Area 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.
Calumet charter, 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 Calumet charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 631 contributions totaling $29,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $14,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)