The township of Colfax in Huron County, Michigan is an unincorporated community located in the northeast corner of the county. Home to approximately 4,000 people, Colfax is a rural area that is known for its farming and agricultural activities. The government in Colfax is led by a three-member Board of Trustees, which meets every two weeks to discuss issues affecting the town. In addition to the Board of Trustees, there are also several other entities with political influence in Colfax such as the Huron County Planning Commission, Huron County Road Commission and other local organizations. While there are no current local political candidates seeking office in Colfax Township, residents can still get involved politically by voting on important issues at the ballot box or attending board meetings to voice their opinions on matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Colfax township (Huron County), MI is very conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colfax township (Huron County), MI is very conservative.
Huron 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.
Colfax township (Huron 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 Colfax township (Huron County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $2,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $16,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)