Milton Township in Antrim County, Michigan is a rural community with a small population. The politics of the township are reflective of its rural character, and the local government works to ensure that their citizens' needs are met. The township is represented by two members on the Antrim County Board of Commissioners, who are elected every two years during midterm elections. The board is responsible for setting the budget and adopting ordinances that affect local government operations. Additionally, there are representatives from Milton Township on the Antrim County Parks & Recreation Commission and Planning Commission as well as school board members from both public and private schools within the district. All of these positions play an important role in making decisions that will affect Milton Township citizens for years to come.
The political climate in Milton township (Antrim County), MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milton township (Antrim County), MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Milton township (Antrim 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 Milton township (Antrim County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $37,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $42,412 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)