South Haven Charter Township, MI is situated on the shorelines of Lake Michigan in Allegan County. This township has a long and fascinating history of politics, featuring numerous changes in leadership and ideology over the years. South Haven Charter Township is currently run by a board of trustees who are elected every two years. The charter township also has several committees in place that focus on specific areas such as public safety, finance and planning. Many of these responsible for creating and implementing policies that shape the citizen’s lives. In addition to local political candidates, South Haven Charter Township citizens can also vote on state and federal level elections that have an effect on their day-to-day lives. These elections provide citizens with the opportunity to make their voices heard and take part in the democracy process. South Haven Charter Township is committed to providing its citizens with fair representation at all levels of government and ensuring their interests are met.
The political climate in South Haven charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Haven charter, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
South Haven charter, 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 South Haven charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 807 contributions totaling $67,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $64,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)