Alpena Township is a rural community located in the center of Alpena County, Michigan. The area is well known for its natural beauty and its friendly, tight-knit community. Politically, the township leans to the right with conservative lawmakers occupying most of the governmental positions within it. Most people in Alpena Township are supportive of small government initiatives that focus on basic services such as roads, emergency services, and public safety. Residents also typically support lower taxes and government spending that benefits their local communities. Local elections can be very competitive with candidates from both major parties competing for votes as they seek to represent their constituents’ best interests.
The political climate in Alpena township, MI is moderately conservative.
Alpena County, MI is strongly conservative. In Alpena County, MI 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Alpena county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpena township, MI is moderately conservative.
Alpena County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alpena Metro Area is strongly 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.
Alpena township, Michigan: d 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 Alpena township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 500 contributions totaling $33,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $27,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)