Mills Township in Midland County, MI is home to a small and tight-knit community. Though the population of Mills Township is relatively small, it still plays an important role in local politics. The township has a council of five members who are elected to make decisions and pass laws that directly affect the township’s residents. Elections are held every two years, with candidates running for one of the five positions on the council. These candidates often come from within the township and focus on issues that are important to local residents like zoning concerns, public safety, and infrastructure repair projects. In addition to this local government body, Midland County also has its own representation at the state level, which includes State Representatives and State Senators who work to support the county’s interests at a higher level.
The political climate in Mills township (Midland County), MI is moderately conservative.
Midland County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Midland County, MI 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Midland county remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 41.7%.
Midland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mills township (Midland County), MI is moderately conservative.
Midland County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Midland 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.
Mills township (Midland 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 Mills township (Midland County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,893 contributions totaling $462,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 390 contributions totaling $141,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)