Benton Township in Cheboygan County, Michigan is a rural community with a small population. With the goal of representing its citizens, the township has two local political candidates running for office in 2020. The candidates have been actively campaigning and are looking to serve the citizens of Benton Township with their individual platforms. Community members have been engaging with both parties on various aspects such as improving infrastructure, increasing public services, and fostering economic growth. Both candidates are dedicated to promoting transparency within the township government and offering initiatives that benefit the citizens and create a thriving community. Through local elections, Benton Township residents will have an opportunity to make their voices heard and help decide the future of their hometown in Cheboygan County.
The political climate in Benton township (Cheboygan County), MI is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cheboygan County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheboygan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.2%.
Cheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton township (Cheboygan County), MI is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan County, Michigan 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.
Benton township (Cheboygan 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 Benton township (Cheboygan County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $20,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $29,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)