Tyrone Township is located in Kent County, Michigan. It is a largely rural area that relies on its agricultural and forestry industries for economic stability. The township is served by the Tyrone Township Board of Trustees in their local decision-making processes. The board consists of three members who are elected at large by the citizens of Tyrone Township. They serve four-year terms and make decisions that affect the township, such as setting tax rates, approving budgets, authorizing expenditure of funds and setting policies for the use of public lands. The trustees also appoint other citizens to fill various offices in the township government, including clerk, treasurer and assessor. Tyrone Township is home to many politically active citizens who regularly participate in local elections and stay informed about issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Tyrone 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
Tyrone 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.
Tyrone 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 Tyrone township (Kent County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 222 contributions totaling $26,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $53,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)