Coloma Charter Township is located in Berrien County, Michigan and is home to a diverse population of around 5,400 residents. The township is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees, who are elected every two years. This board is responsible for the overall management of the township, including setting tax rates and deciding on other financial matters. In addition to the Board of Trustees, there are several committees and commissions that help provide guidance and oversight on issues such as public safety, economic development, zoning regulations, land use planning and election law. These groups are appointed by the Board and their members serve at their pleasure. Residents of Coloma Charter Township have access to various voting opportunities throughout the year. Elections involve local candidates running for office at both the county-level and state-level; these candidates receive support from local residents through participation in political events or simply encouraging them to vote.
The political climate in Coloma charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, MI is leaning conservative. In Berrien County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berrien county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.3%.
Berrien county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coloma charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Berrien County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Niles Metro Area is leaning 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.
Coloma charter, Michigan: R R d 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 Coloma charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 360 contributions totaling $24,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $41,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)