Columbia Township is located in Van Buren County, Michigan and is an active part of the political landscape in the state. The township is governed by a five-member board, each elected for a two-year term. These board members are responsible for creating legislation pertaining to local public services, such as police protection, fire protection and road maintenance. The township also works diligently with their local representatives at the state level to ensure that their constituents have access to necessary resources and receive quality representation. There are several campaigns throughout the year that aim to promote issues of importance within Columbia Township. Residents have an opportunity to get involved in these campaigns and voice their opinion on important matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in Columbia township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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 (Van Buren County), Michigan: r r d d 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 (Van Buren County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $13,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $23,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)