Pennfield Charter Township is located in Calhoun County, Michigan, and has a population of around 5,500 people. It is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees, along with a Supervisor. This Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss local issues and initiatives that affect the township. Elected officials in Pennfield Charter Township include the Supervisor and two other members from each of the four voting districts. Elections are held every two years to determine who will fill these positions. The Board of Trustees also appoints various committees to look into matters such as budgeting, zoning, parks and recreation, economic development, public safety and more. The political atmosphere in Pennfield Charter Township strives to be open and transparent while working together to ensure local needs are met in an effective manner.
The political climate in Pennfield charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pennfield charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pennfield charter, Michigan: d r d d 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 Pennfield charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,304 contributions totaling $68,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 502 contributions totaling $119,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)