Hancock Township is a small rural community located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is home to a diverse and involved population that takes its local politics seriously. The township holds annual elections for mayor, city council members, and the school board, allowing citizens to have a voice in decisions that shape their community. Local politicians often campaign on issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and protecting the environment. These civic leaders strive to ensure that Hancock Township remains an upbeat and welcoming place to live. The electorate of Hancock Township pay close attention to political issues and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard by their elected representatives.
The political climate in Hancock township, MI is moderately conservative.
Houghton County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Houghton County, MI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houghton county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 41.8%.
Houghton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hancock township, MI is moderately conservative.
Houghton County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Houghton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hancock township, 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 Hancock township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $12,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $5,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)