Deerfield Township, located in Lapeer County, Michigan is home to a politically active and engaged community. The township is represented by State Representative Ken Borton, of the 82nd District, as well as U.S. Representative Tim Walberg of the 7th District in Congress. On the local level, Deerfield Township is overseen by a Board of Trustees which consists of five members who are elected at large in non-partisan elections held every two years. The board meets monthly and takes care of business matters including budgeting, hiring/firing personnel and setting township policies and procedures. In addition to the Board of Trustees, Deerfield Township has its own planning commission that handles zoning ordinances and other land use issues. The citizens in Deerfield Township are passionate about politics and take part in many activities such as voter registration drives and debates for local candidates to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to voting on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Deerfield township (Lapeer County), MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, MI is very conservative. In Lapeer County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lapeer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Lapeer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deerfield township (Lapeer County), MI is strongly conservative.
Lapeer County, Michigan is very conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Deerfield township (Lapeer 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 Deerfield township (Lapeer County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,148 contributions totaling $68,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $48,998 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)