Homer Township is a small township in Calhoun County, Michigan. It is an unincorporated community that has a strong sense of community and plenty of local politics. The township is represented by numerous elected officials who serve on the Homer Township Board and are responsible for making decisions affecting the residents of the area. These officials are elected by the residents to four-year terms. Additionally, two representatives are sent from Homer Township to serve in the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners. These representatives have the power to make important decisions about county-wide initiatives such as taxes and road projects.
The political climate in Homer township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Homer township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek 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.
Homer township, Michigan: d r d d 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 Homer township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $4,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $9,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)