Stockbridge Township, MI is a small township located in Ingham County. It is governed by a board of trustees who are elected by the local citizens every two years. The trustees are responsible for setting policy for the township and managing its day-to-day operations. The current Board of Trustees is comprised of five members who have been elected to serve on the board since 2018. Among them, they bring a wealth of experience in local government as well as an understanding of how to best serve the Stockbridge Township community. Local politics focuses on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, economic growth, and quality of life initiatives to help maintain and improve the livability of Stockbridge Township. Additionally, the trustees work with other local governments to ensure that the town remains competitive and prosperous within Ingham County.
The political climate in Stockbridge township, MI is leaning liberal.
Ingham County, MI is very liberal. In Ingham County, MI 65.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ingham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Ingham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stockbridge township, MI is leaning liberal.
Ingham County, Michigan is very liberal.
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.
Stockbridge township, Michigan: D D D D D 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 Stockbridge township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 276 contributions totaling $27,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $28,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)