Eden Township, located in Mason County, Michigan, is a rural community that is home to many families and businesses. Politically, the township is governed by its five-member elected Board of Trustees. The trustees are responsible for making decisions about the budget, taxes, zoning regulations and more. Elections are held every two years to elect new members to the board. In addition to the trustees, Eden Township residents also elect representatives to serve them in state government, including their legislators in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate. Local issues such as road maintenance or public safety are discussed at monthly board meetings that are open to all township residents. Overall, Eden Township is a friendly and tight-knit community with many opportunities for its citizens to become involved in local politics.
The political climate in Eden township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mason County, MI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eden township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ludington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Eden township (Mason County), Michigan: R R d 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 Eden township (Mason County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 697 contributions totaling $19,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)