Solon Township, located in Kent County, Michigan, is home to a vibrant political landscape. The township is part of the 77th District of the Michigan House of Representatives and currently represented by Republican Bradley Slagh. On the state Senate side, Solon Township is part of the 35th District and is currently represented by Aric Nesbitt. At the federal level, Solon Township is part of Michigan's Third Congressional District and represented by Republican Justin Amash. The township also has many municipalities that have their own local and county governments that handle local issues. Issues such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development, zoning regulations, and taxation are all handled locally by representatives elected by residents. All of these levels of government interact with each other to ensure that the needs of the community are met in an efficient manner.
The political climate in Solon township (Kent County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Solon township (Kent County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Solon township (Kent County), Michigan: R R d r r 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 Solon township (Kent County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 900 contributions totaling $38,764 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $43,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)