Springport Township, MI is a rural community located in the southwestern corner of Michigan. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees who are elected to four-year terms. The board focuses on ensuring that the residents have quality services and amenities. To that end, they manage budgeting and zoning, as well as oversee public safety, infrastructure and recreational activities. Springport Township also has a dedicated staff of professional administrators who work to ensure that township initiatives are implemented effectively and efficiently. This includes providing advice to the board, developing regulations for local businesses, managing communication with local county officials, and addressing any complaints from citizens. In addition to this team effort, the township actively engages citizens in order to create an environment where everyone’s voice can be heard when it comes to politics in Springport Township.
The political climate in Springport township, MI is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springport township, MI is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Springport township, Michigan: r R d r 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 Springport township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,150 contributions totaling $89,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 349 contributions totaling $50,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)