Elk Township is located in Sanilac County, Michigan and is comprised of a small population. The local political candidates in Elk Township are determined by the citizens of the area through elections held periodically throughout the year. Each elected official serves a term to represent the constituents of Elk Township. Often, local politicians focus on environmental protection, economic growth, educational initiatives, and infrastructure development to improve the quality of life for all people who live in the community. Additionally, many local politicians strive to ensure that Elk Township has access to necessary resources such as clean water and electricity while still maintaining a balanced budget. As such, Elk Township's politics generally involve balancing individual needs with collective progress. The elected officials work together to create policies that serve to benefit all residents and businesses within the township.
The political climate in Elk township (Sanilac County), MI is very 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
Elk township (Sanilac County), MI is very 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.
Elk 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 Elk township (Sanilac County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $6,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $14,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)