Lincoln Township is located in Isabella County, Michigan. The township is overseen by a board of trustees and an elected supervisor. The board of trustees is responsible for setting policies and enacting regulations to ensure the best interests of the community are met. Local political candidates run for seats on both the board of trustees as well as the supervisor position every election cycle. These candidates must be registered voters in Lincoln Township and campaigning focuses on their visions for maintaining or improving services for the residents and businesses while keeping taxes lower than other areas in the county. Candidates often discuss infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development initiatives, and environmental protection efforts during their campaigns.
The political climate in Lincoln township (Isabella County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Isabella County, MI is leaning conservative. In Isabella County, MI 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isabella county remained Republican, 50.3% to 47.7%.
Isabella county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln township (Isabella County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Isabella County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Mount Pleasant Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lincoln township (Isabella County), Michigan: d d 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 Lincoln township (Isabella County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,974 contributions totaling $646,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 511 contributions totaling $392,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $767 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)