Hamlin Township in Mason County, Michigan is part of a larger political landscape in the state. The township is served by the Mason County Board of Commissioners, which is responsible for oversight and decisions regarding county government matters. At the local level, Hamlin Township is represented on the Mason County board by two commissioners who are elected to serve four-year terms. In addition to county representation, Hamlin Township has representatives in both the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate. These legislators are responsible for making laws relevant to Michigan citizens. In addition, local election ballots also list candidates running for office in school districts, townships and other municipalities that have jurisdiction over Hamlin Township.
The political climate in Hamlin township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mason County, MI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamlin township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ludington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hamlin township (Mason County), 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 Hamlin township (Mason County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 614 contributions totaling $76,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $40,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)