Porter Township is located in Midland County, Michigan and is known for its small town atmosphere. The township government is made up of a board of trustees who are responsible for the governance of the community. The board consists of four members elected to four-year terms by local residents. The Board works closely with several committees including finance, safety and zoning to ensure that the interests of the citizens are represented. In addition, Porter Township has an active political scene with candidates in both the local and state level races campaigning for office on behalf of their constituents. Issues such as taxation, infrastructure improvements, economic development and public safety are important topics during election season, as residents vote for leaders who will work to make their communities better places to live.
The political climate in Porter township (Midland County), MI is moderately conservative.
Midland County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Midland County, MI 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Midland county remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 41.7%.
Midland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Porter township (Midland County), MI is moderately conservative.
Midland County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Midland 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.
Porter township (Midland 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 Porter township (Midland County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,043 contributions totaling $207,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 765 contributions totaling $381,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)