Burr Oak Township is located in St. Joseph County, Michigan and has a long history of political involvement. With its diverse population, the township has elected officials from both major political parties. The local government consists of a board of five members with each member representing one of the five precincts within the township. These members are voted on by the citizens in non-partisan elections held every two years. The board meets monthly to discuss issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, zoning ordinances, and budgets. Additionally, the township holds many events throughout the year where community members can meet their representatives and learn more about important local issues. This allows for Burr Oak Township residents to have a voice in how they are governed and ensures that their interests are being represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Burr Oak township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burr Oak township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis 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.
Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $21,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $27,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)