Roxand, MI is a small rural township located in Midland County. It is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the county, and all political decisions are made at the local level. The township has been represented in Congress by Representative John Moolenaar since 2015 and in the Michigan Senate by Senator Jim Stamas since 2011. Local elections occur every two years for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and Trustees of Roxand Township. Residents take part in these elections to decide who will be the leaders of their township. In addition to local politics, the citizens of Roxand are also involved in state and federal politics. Roxand is an active participant in discussion about key issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure and public safety at both the state and national levels.
The political climate in Roxand, MI is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roxand, MI is somewhat conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
Roxand, 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 Roxand, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,203 contributions totaling $100,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 419 contributions totaling $349,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $834 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)