Lee Township is located in Allegan County, Michigan and is an unincorporated community. The township has a board of trustees who are responsible for overseeing the township's government and creating policy within the community. The board consists of five members, each of whom serves a four-year term. The current board of trustees is made up of one Democrat, three Republicans, and one Independent. They meet regularly to discuss local affairs such as roads, housing development, zoning regulations, and other topics that affect Lee Township residents. There are also many different committees and organizations that are active within the township like the local volunteer fire department or planning commission that help shape the future of Lee Township. Although there are no locally elected officials in Lee Township, the board of trustees works hard to ensure that all residents have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Lee township (Allegan County), MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee township (Allegan County), MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lee township (Allegan 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 Lee township (Allegan County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 531 contributions totaling $51,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $15,919 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)