Hayes Township in Charlevoix County, Michigan is a rural community with a deep-rooted historical connection and an active local government. The township is largely agricultural, and most of its 3,000 residents rely on the thriving local farming industry for their livelihoods. Local politics in Hayes Township are managed by the township board, which is led by a Supervisor and four elected Trustees. The board oversees all of the township's affairs including zoning regulations, road maintenance, and infrastructure development. Their decisions are made in accordance with the best interests of the citizens of Hayes Township, and they strive to provide services that benefit both current residents as well as future generations. The views of local citizens are also taken into account when making policy decisions at the township level.
The political climate in Hayes township (Charlevoix County), MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayes township (Charlevoix County), MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, Michigan 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.
Hayes township (Charlevoix 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 Hayes township (Charlevoix County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,753 contributions totaling $258,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 872 contributions totaling $182,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)