Park Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan is a great place to live, work, and play. The township is home to many small businesses and provides a vibrant and welcoming community for all its residents. When it comes to local politics in Park Township, it is a non-partisan system that elects an elected Town Board which serves as the governing body of the township. The board's members are typically elected for four years at a time and have the responsibility of setting policies and making decisions on behalf of the townspeople. In addition to the board, there are also committees such as the Park Township Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals which serve to advise the Town Board on various matters. Residents may take part in local political activities by voting in local elections or attending meetings of their respective boards or committees. By doing so, they can help shape policy decisions that affect their community by providing valuable input from their unique perspective.
The political climate in Park township (St. Joseph County), MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park township (St. Joseph County), MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly 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.
Park township (St. Joseph 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 Park township (St. Joseph County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,155 contributions totaling $100,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $39,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)