Columbia Township in Tuscola County, MI is an area with a vibrant political landscape. The township is led by five elected board members, who serve two-year terms. These board members are responsible for making decisions on how to best use the township’s budget and resources. Additionally, the township has representation in the Michigan State House of Representatives and Senate. In 2020, Gary Howell (R) was re-elected to represent Columbia Township in the Michigan House of Representatives, while Kim LaSata (R) was elected to represent it in the Senate. In addition to local and state politics, Columbia Township also participates in county-wide elections; like many other areas within Tuscola County, voters here overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump in 2020.
The political climate in Columbia township (Tuscola County), MI is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia township (Tuscola County), MI is very conservative.
Tuscola 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.
Columbia township (Tuscola 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 Columbia township (Tuscola County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $9,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $14,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)