Burt Township, located in Alger County, Michigan is a rural community with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The township is administered by a Board of Trustees which consists of three elected members who serve four-year terms. The current trustees are Joe Smith, Sarah Richards and John Davis.
The Board of Trustees makes decisions in order to maintain the safety and well-being of its citizens while preserving the integrity of Burt Township's natural resources and environment. They are also responsible for approving zoning ordinances, reviewing land use proposals, and managing economic development projects that benefit the residents. Furthermore, they work closely with local government entities to ensure that all municipalities in the county are receiving adequate funding and services from the state government. As a result, citizens can trust their representatives to be diligent stewards of their community’s interests.
The political climate in Burt township (Alger County), MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, MI is moderately conservative. In Alger County, MI 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alger county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.0%.
Alger county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burt township (Alger County), MI is moderately conservative.
Alger County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Burt township (Alger County), Michigan: r d 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 Burt township (Alger County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)