Dover Township in Otsego County, Michigan is a small community with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is mainly rural with some agricultural activity and a few businesses. The township has its own local government that includes a board of trustees, which consists of three members elected for four-year terms by the residents. Decisions regarding zoning, roads and other infrastructure improvements, taxation and more are made by this board. Additionally, the township hosts its own elections for various positions such as township supervisor and treasurer every two years. Recently, several local political candidates have been campaigning for these positions in Dover Township in hopes of being elected to better serve their community. The elections will be held on November 3rd and the residents of Dover Township look forward to seeing who will be elected to make positive changes within their community.
The political climate in Dover township (Otsego County), MI is strongly conservative.
Otsego County, MI is very conservative. In Otsego County, MI 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.1%.
Otsego county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover township (Otsego County), MI is strongly conservative.
Otsego 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.
Dover township (Otsego 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 Dover township (Otsego County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $16,933 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $48,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)