Coldwater Township, located in Branch County, Michigan, is a largely rural area characterized by small towns and villages. The township is governed by a board of trustees who are elected every two years. The board is responsible for setting the budget and managing the township’s services such as road maintenance and snow removal. On the state level, Coldwater Township is represented in the Michigan House of Representatives by Representative Beth Griffin, who was first elected to office in 2014. On the federal level, Coldwater Township is represented in Congress by Congressman Fred Upton. Despite its small size and population, Coldwater Township has an active political environment with several organizations actively participating in local elections and other civic activities. Residents can participate in these activities or join political organizations such as the Republican Party or Democratic Party to stay informed and have their voices heard on issues important to them.
The political climate in Coldwater township, MI is moderately conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coldwater township, MI is moderately conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area 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.
Coldwater 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 Coldwater township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $13,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $37,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)