Ravenna Township, MI is located in Muskegon County and is home to a vibrant political system. Residents of the township are actively engaged in local politics and regularly vote on important issues. The township has a mayor and four trustees who work together to ensure the community is well managed and taken care of. These elected officials represent the people’s interests in the governing process. They are responsible for setting policy, approving budgets, considering zoning matters, and ensuring that local laws are followed. Additionally, there are many other ways for residents to get involved in municipal government such as attending town hall meetings or running for office. Ravenna Township provides an opportunity for those passionate about local politics to make their voices heard and to shape their community.
The political climate in Ravenna township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Muskegon County, MI is leaning liberal. In Muskegon County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskegon county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 48.8%.
Muskegon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ravenna township, MI is somewhat conservative.
Muskegon County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Muskegon Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ravenna township, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 Ravenna township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $8,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $50,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)