Forest Township is a small, rural community located in Genesee County, Michigan. It is a peaceful area with friendly residents and beautiful scenery. The politics in Forest Township are fairly typical for a rural area. The township holds elections for local offices such as township supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and four trustees. These positions are elected by the people of Forest Township every four years. The current supervisor is Karl Schieferstein who has been in the position since 2013. Karl works closely with local businesses and organizations to ensure that the township is safe and prosperous for all its citizens. In addition to local elections, Forest Township citizens also vote on state-level matters such as taxes and school funding. This allows them to have their say on issues that affect their community directly.
The political climate in Forest township (Genesee County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest township (Genesee County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint 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.
Forest township (Genesee County), Michigan: D D D D d d
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 Forest township (Genesee County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 759 contributions totaling $25,784 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $28,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)