Custer Township in Sanilac County, Michigan is a rural area with a proud farming history. The township is governed by a Board of Trustees who are elected to four-year terms and have responsibility for the local affairs of the community. Each trustee represents one of the township’s three precincts, and all trustees work together to make decisions that benefit the whole Township. Local political candidates meet with residents regularly and hold town meetings in order to get input on important issues. The board meets bi-monthly to discuss concerns that affect Custer Township, such as road repairs, community development projects, public safety initiatives, and budgeting for services such as fire protection and snow plowing. Residents also have voting rights in local elections which give them a voice in the leadership of their community.
The political climate in Custer township (Sanilac County), MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer township (Sanilac County), MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac 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.
Custer township (Sanilac 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 Custer township (Sanilac County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $4,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $14,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)