Porter Township in Van Buren County, Michigan is a bustling town with a population of approximately 8,500 residents. It is governed by the Porter Board of Trustees and the local government works on providing necessary services such as fire protection, police protection, parks and recreation, waste management and public works departments for its citizens. The Township also has an elected Clerk and Treasurer who work with the Board to ensure that their constituents are receiving efficient service from the local government. Residents of Porter Township have the opportunity to vote for their representatives in state and federal elections as well as cast votes in local elections for township Supervisor or Trustee positions. Additionally, community members can get involved with various political organizations at both the local and state levels to help shape policy decisions that will impact them directly.
The political climate in Porter township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Porter township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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 (Van Buren County), Michigan: r 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 Porter township (Van Buren County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $58,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $27,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)