Marlette Township is located in Michigan, and is governed by a Board of Trustees. The board comprises of five members who are elected every two years by the township's residents. Each board member serves a four-year term. The board meets on the first Monday of each month to discuss issues that affect the township’s residents such as local laws, budget allocations, and infrastructure improvements. In addition to the Board of Trustees, Marlette Township also has a Clerk who oversees elections and maintains all township records. The Clerk is an elected position that is held for four years at a time. Townships in Michigan have limited powers under the state constitution, so many decisions are made at the county or state level instead. Overall, the politics in Marlette Township are focused on providing quality services for its citizens while also working with higher levels of government to make sure the town remains safe and prosperous going forward.
The political climate in Marlette township, MI is very conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marlette township, MI is very conservative.
Sanilac County, Michigan is very 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.
Marlette township, 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 Marlette township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $5,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $10,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)