Standish Township, MI is a small community located in the Saginaw County of Michigan. This township is governed by an elected board of trustees who carry out the duties and responsibilities of the township government. The board of trustees are elected for four-year terms, during which they work to ensure that all laws and regulations are upheld in the township. They also seek to improve services provided in the community such as public safety, public works, recreation programs, and other necessary services. The board meets on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting Standish Township and decide how to best address them. Additionally, local elections are held annually so that residents can cast their vote for those running for office. This helps ensure that Standish Township has a strong local democracy and allows residents to have their voices heard on key issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Standish township, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac County, MI is very conservative. In Arenac County, MI 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arenac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.4%.
Arenac county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Standish township, MI is strongly conservative.
Arenac County, Michigan is very 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.
Standish township, Michigan: d d 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 Standish township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $2,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $28,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)