Chandler Township, located in Charlevoix County, Michigan, is an unincorporated community that is governed by a board of trustees. This board consists of five elected officials that serve four-year terms. The current board members are Barbara F. Burke, Stan Workman, David M. Schneider, Doug Bigelow and Jeff Johnson. Each trustee has specific roles and responsibilities from attending meetings to making decisions on projects that benefit the township. They also work with local government agencies for zoning regulations and other issues that involve the community and its residents. Additionally, they help oversee the budget process and ensure public works projects are completed properly and efficiently. The township is dedicated to providing quality services to its citizens while maintaining a safe and inviting environment for all who live there.
The political climate in Chandler township (Charlevoix County), MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chandler township (Charlevoix County), MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix 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.
Chandler township (Charlevoix 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 Chandler township (Charlevoix County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)