Fort Gratiot Charter Township, MI is a vibrant and diverse community located in St. Clair County. The Township is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. This Board sets the policies and laws that guide the Township and its residents. They also manage the budget to ensure fiscal responsibility and provide necessary services such as police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, and parks and recreation programs. Residents of Fort Gratiot Charter Township can get involved in their local politics by attending town meetings, volunteering on election campaigns, or running for office. The current Trustees are committed to providing an open government that encourages public participation so that all voices are heard when decisions are made on behalf of the community.
The political climate in Fort Gratiot charter, MI is moderately conservative.
St. Clair County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Clair County, MI 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.0%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Gratiot charter, MI is moderately conservative.
St. Clair County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Fort Gratiot charter, 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 Fort Gratiot charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 409 contributions totaling $100,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $111,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)