Lowell Charter Township is a township in Kent County, Michigan. It is located just outside of Grand Rapids and consists of over 25,000 residents. This small town has a rich political history and its politics are centered around issues that the citizens face on a daily basis such as housing, education, safety, and infrastructure. Lowell Charter Township elects a Supervisor and four Trustees to serve four year terms on the Board of Trustees. These officials are responsible for setting policies and managing budgets which affect the township's infrastructure, services, safety programs, parks and recreation. The local candidates who run for office are committed to making sure their constituents have access to quality public services that will benefit the entire community. Each election cycle brings new challenges and opportunities to Lowell Charter Township, giving its citizens a chance to have their voices heard and make decisions about how their community should be run.
The political climate in Lowell charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lowell charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood 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.
Lowell charter, Michigan: R R d r r d
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 Lowell charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,348 contributions totaling $244,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,021 contributions totaling $1,440,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)