Marion Township in Livingston County, Michigan is governed by a board of trustees composed of seven elected residents from the community. The township is administered by an elected supervisor who serves as the legislative head of the township. The board of trustees works with the supervisor to create and implement policies that will benefit the citizens of Marion Township. Local elections for township offices are held on the second Tuesday in November, and these positions include supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and four trustees. The primary responsibilities for these leaders include maintaining public safety, overseeing budgets, providing services to residents such as road maintenance and garbage collection, and responding to citizen complaints or inquiries. These officials also strive to create an environment where businesses can thrive and citizens have access to quality services within their local government.
The political climate in Marion township (Livingston County), MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion township (Livingston County), MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Marion township (Livingston 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 Marion township (Livingston County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 948 contributions totaling $72,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $138,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)