Olive Township is located in Ottawa County, Michigan and is a small rural community. The township has a long history of political involvement with both local and state issues. On the local level, Olive Township is governed by a Board of Trustees composed of five elected officials. The Board of Trustees works together to make decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the township. They also oversee the budgeting process, coordinate public meetings, approve land use plans, provide services to residents and more. Additionally, there are many other local political candidates that work hard to represent their constituents and ensure their voices are heard on important issues. At the state level, Olive Township is represented by two representatives in the Michigan House of Representatives as well as a senator in the Michigan Senate. This means that all voices can be heard when it comes to making decisions that affect the entire state of Michigan.
The political climate in Olive township (Ottawa County), MI is strongly conservative.
Ottawa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Ottawa County, MI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.4%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olive township (Ottawa County), MI is strongly conservative.
Ottawa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Olive township (Ottawa 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 Olive township (Ottawa County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,686 contributions totaling $178,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 880 contributions totaling $490,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $558 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)