Garfield charter township is located in Grand Traverse County, Michigan and is home to an estimated 10,000 people. The township is governed by a Board of Trustees with three members and a supervisor who are all elected by the residents. The trustees in the community are dedicated to making sure that the needs of their constituents are met by providing services like public utilities, fire protection, police services, recreation programming, road maintenance, and more. In addition to these services, they also strive to ensure that the local economy stays strong and vibrant through initiatives such as supporting small businesses and promoting job growth. They also work to ensure that the township is a safe and welcoming place for all people regardless of race or religion. Garfield charter township is committed to engaging their citizens in the political process and maintaining strong relationships between its residents and its government.
The political climate in Garfield charter, MI is leaning conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield charter, MI is leaning conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Garfield charter, 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 Garfield charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,276 contributions totaling $858,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,109 contributions totaling $340,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)