Newton Township in Mackinac County, Michigan is part of the larger Mackinac County political landscape. All of the local townships and cities within the county work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met. Local politics in Newton Township revolve around issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and environmental protection. The township works with its citizens to create policies and programs that will benefit all who live in the area. The current leadership team includes a township supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and trustee. Each year an election is held to fill these positions and residents have the opportunity to cast their vote for candidates they believe can best meet their needs. In addition to local politics, Newton Township is represented by state representatives at both the state House of Representatives and Senate. These representatives are elected by residents from across the state to represent their interests in Lansing.
The political climate in Newton township (Mackinac County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mackinac County, MI 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mackinac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Mackinac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newton township (Mackinac County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mackinac 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.
Newton township (Mackinac 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 Newton township (Mackinac County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)