Adams Township, located in Houghton County, Michigan is a rural area and part of the greater Copper Country region. The township has historically been supportive of various political candidates from both major parties. In recent years, local elections have been contested by Democratic and Republican candidates alike, with some third-party candidates also making appearances on the ballot. For instance, during the 2020 general election cycle, two Democrats and two Republicans ran for office in Adams Township representing their respective parties. Issues such as infrastructure improvements and educational funding have been discussed by the candidates as ways to address challenges facing the township. Residents in Adams Township can expect to continue to have access to multiple viable political options when they are making decisions about who will lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Adams township (Houghton County), 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
Adams township (Houghton County), 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.
Adams township (Houghton County), 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 Adams township (Houghton County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,160 contributions totaling $77,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $29,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)