Burt Township, located in Cheboygan County in Michigan, is an area known for its small-town charm and strong sense of community. It has a long history of local politics that have been shaped by the diverse opinions of past residents. Over the years, Burt Township has seen numerous changes in its political landscape with various candidates running for public office. Issues like economic development, environmental stewardship, public safety, education and social services are always addressed when it comes to local politics in Burt Township. The current slate of local politicians includes a board of trustees who are responsible for overseeing the township’s finances and operations, as well as representatives from each of the four wards within Burt Township who serve on the township’s council. These elected officials take great care to ensure that decisions made at the local level reflect the needs and values of all residents in Burt Township.
The political climate in Burt 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
Burt 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.
Burt 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 Burt township (Cheboygan County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,603 contributions totaling $63,753 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $53,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)