Crystal Township is a small, rural township in Montcalm County, Michigan. It is located just south of the city of Greenville and has a population of approximately 2,140 people. The politics of Crystal Township are mainly represented at the local level through the Board of Trustees. This board consists of five elected members that serve four-year terms and govern over the township's budget, zoning laws, and other local matters. In addition to this board, there are various countywide offices as well as state representatives who represent residents of Crystal Township in Lansing. The most recent election saw significant change in local representation with several new faces being elected to office. Residents of Crystal Township take part in the political process by voting on issues and candidates that affect their lives directly within the township as well as nationally and statewide.
The political climate in Crystal township, MI is strongly conservative.
Montcalm County, MI is very conservative. In Montcalm County, MI 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montcalm county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Montcalm county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crystal township, MI is strongly conservative.
Montcalm County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood 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.
Crystal 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 Crystal township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $2,587 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)