Grant Township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan is served by its own local political candidates. The township covers an area of approximately 35 square miles and is home to about 1,500 permanent residents. Elected officials include the township supervisor, treasurer, clerk and four trustees. These local representatives are responsible for overseeing various township services including road maintenance, fire safety, and waste management. Grant Township follows the traditional laws and regulations of Michigan as well as any local ordinances that may be required to ensure the safety and well-being of all its citizens. In addition to their duties in Grant Township, these elected representatives also participate in county-level meetings to help shape the policies affecting all of Grand Traverse County.
The political climate in Grant township (Grand Traverse County), MI is moderately 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
Grant township (Grand Traverse County), MI is moderately 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.
Grant township (Grand Traverse 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 Grant township (Grand Traverse County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 883 contributions totaling $44,320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $21,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)