Colon Township, MI is a small community located in St. Joseph County. It is a predominantly rural area with a population of just over 1,200 people. While the township does not have any local political candidates, the residents are still engaged in the political process. The township is part of the larger county district and often times voice their opinions on local issues that affect them. Residents also participate in elections, both locally and nationally, to ensure that their interests are represented and their voices heard at all levels of government. The township's political involvement helps to foster a sense of community and engagement amongst its citizens, ensuring that their collective interests are taken into account when decisions are made about critical issues.
The political climate in Colon township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colon township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly 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.
Colon 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 Colon township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $10,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $14,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)