Richfield Township, located in Genesee County, MI, is a relatively small population of around 4,000 people. Richfield Township is governed by an elected supervisor and four trustees. The township board consists of five members who are responsible for the various policies and regulations in Richfield. The elected officials meet regularly to discuss issues such as budgets, public safety, taxes and services provided to residents. Each year they present their budget for the upcoming year at a public meeting which allows citizens to provide input on proposed changes or ask questions about the budget. Elections are held on a regular basis for supervisor and trustees with the election taking place in November every two years. Local political candidates typically come from within the community and can be voted into office by registered voters who live in Richfield Township.
The political climate in Richfield township (Genesee County), MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richfield township (Genesee County), MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint 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.
Richfield township (Genesee County), 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 Richfield township (Genesee County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,637 contributions totaling $74,507 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 516 contributions totaling $42,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)