Chester Township in Otsego County, Michigan is a small township with an engaged and passionate political landscape. Local elections are held every two years for the township's Board of Trustees, which consists of two trustees and a supervisor. In addition to making decisions about local government services and budgets, the Board also works to ensure that Chester Township remains a safe and vibrant community. Every election cycle brings out a variety of candidates from across the political spectrum who are committed to representing their constituents' interests. Community members come together to discuss important issues during Town Hall meetings and at other public forums throughout the year. Ultimately, citizens in Chester Township have the power to make sure their voices are heard on the local political stage.
The political climate in Chester township (Otsego County), MI is strongly conservative.
Otsego County, MI is very conservative. In Otsego County, MI 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.1%.
Otsego county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chester township (Otsego County), MI is strongly conservative.
Otsego County, Michigan is very 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.
Chester township (Otsego 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 Chester township (Otsego County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 612 contributions totaling $34,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $56,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)