Akron Township in Michigan is a small rural community with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The local politics in Akron Township are governed by the local elected officials who serve on the township board. These board members work together to make decisions and pass laws that benefit the entire township, including its residents. The local political candidates for Akron Township are typically chosen through a nomination process, which allows citizens to nominate individuals for positions on the board. Once nominated, those individuals must then campaign and win an election to secure their seat on the board. Through this process, Akron Township residents have the ability to choose representatives who will make decisions that best reflect their needs and interests.
The political climate in Akron township, MI is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Akron township, MI is very conservative.
Tuscola County, Michigan is very 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.
Akron township, 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 Akron township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $1,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $14,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)