Dryden Township, Michigan is a rural community in Lapeer County with a population of just over 5,000 people. The township is governed by an elected board of trustees who set the policies for the local government and provide the residents with services such as public safety, water supply and zoning regulations. The township is also home to two state representatives, Gary Howell and Joe Bellino, who are currently working to address issues affecting Dryden Township such as infrastructure upgrades and economic development. The residents of Dryden Township have an active role in local politics by attending meetings and providing input on issues that affect their lives. Through these methods Dryden Township remains a close knit community dedicated to the welfare of its citizens.
The political climate in Dryden township, 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
Dryden township, 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.
Dryden 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 Dryden township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $16,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $227,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)