Gladwin Township, Michigan is a small community located in Mid-Michigan. The township is governed by an elected body of five trustees who are responsible for the management and oversight of township affairs. The board provides direction on issues such as budgeting, zoning, public safety, road maintenance, parks and recreation, and economic development. In addition to the board of trustees, Gladwin Township also has a mayor who serves as the township's chief executive officer. The community has seen some growth in recent years in terms of businesses coming to the area as well as infrastructure improvements throughout the township. Additionally, local elections provide citizens with an opportunity to have a say in the decisions made by their leaders. Each election cycle sees many candidates vying for positions on the board of trustees or mayor’s office, and political campaigns become lively debates between differing points of views on how best to address issues facing Gladwin Township residents.
The political climate in Gladwin township, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, MI is very conservative. In Gladwin County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gladwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 31.0%.
Gladwin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gladwin township, MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin 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.
Gladwin township, 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 Gladwin township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $9,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $14,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)