Milton Township is a part of Cass County, Michigan. The township provides its citizens with local government services such as road maintenance, public safety, and economic development. In local elections, Milton Township residents vote for their representatives to the Cass County Board of Commissioners and the Milton Township Board of Trustees. These elected officials make decisions on issues such as taxation, zoning, land use, and infrastructure improvements. The board also works together to ensure that Milton Township is a safe place to live and work. Through community outreach programs such as events and workshops, board members connect with residents to better understand their needs and concerns. Through collaboration between government agencies at all levels, the township strives to be an attractive place for businesses while protecting its natural resources for future generations.
The political climate in Milton township (Cass County), MI is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MI 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.8%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milton township (Cass County), MI is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
South Bend-Mishawaka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Milton township (Cass County), Michigan: r R d 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 (Cass County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 707 contributions totaling $54,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $84,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)