Garfield Township, located in Newaygo County, Michigan, is a small and rural community. It is home to a population of approximately 1,000 people who are served by a local government. The township is governed by an elected board of three trustees and a clerk who are responsible for setting policy and overseeing the day to day operations of the township. This board works closely with the residents of Garfield Township to ensure that their needs are met and their voices are heard. Voters in Garfield Township have the opportunity to elect candidates at periodic elections held throughout the year. There is also an active town hall meeting each month that offers citizens the chance to express their opinions on various topics related to the township. Local politics in Garfield Township can be very passionate as citizens come together to discuss issues that affect them directly. Through these interactions, decisions can be made that will help shape life within the community for years to come.
The political climate in Garfield township (Newaygo County), MI is very conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield township (Newaygo County), MI is very conservative.
Newaygo 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.
Garfield township (Newaygo 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 Garfield township (Newaygo County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 420 contributions totaling $41,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $32,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)