Portsmouth Charter Township is located in Michigan and is part of the greater Muskegon area. Its local politics are focused on providing quality services to its citizens such as safe neighborhoods, efficient infrastructure, and effective fiscal policy. The Township's political leaders strive to make Portsmouth an attractive place to live, work, and raise a family by engaging residents in the decision-making process. In addition to providing basic services for its citizens, the government works with developers and businesses in order to attract new businesses that create jobs and stimulate economic development. Local elections occur every two years when the residents vote for their representatives on the township board. The elected officials are dedicated to making sure that Portsmouth remains a desirable place by striving for excellence through sound decision-making processes that reflect the values of its community.
The political climate in Portsmouth charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Bay County, MI 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Bay county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Portsmouth charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Bay County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Bay City 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.
Portsmouth charter, Michigan: D d 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 Portsmouth charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 753 contributions totaling $44,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $10,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)