Union Township (Branch Cnty), MI is a small rural community located in Branch County, Michigan. The township has a long history of political involvement, with many local residents taking part in elections and engaging in political issues at the state and federal level. At present, Union Township is served by several elected officials at both the county and state levels, including Council Members Mike Stapleton and Tom Baker representing the township on the Branch County Board of Commissioners. At the state level, Union Township is represented by Senator Dale Zorn in District 17. In addition to these elected representatives, citizens of Union Township have access to their representatives in Congress from Branch County’s 12th Congressional District. As a whole, these politicians work together to ensure that Union Township residents have access to services they need and also to pass legislation that helps protect their rights as citizens.
The political climate in Union township (Branch County), MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, MI is very conservative. In Branch County, MI 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Branch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.9%.
Branch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Branch County), MI is strongly conservative.
Branch County, Michigan is very conservative.
Coldwater Metro Area 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.
Union township (Branch County), Michigan: R R r 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 Union township (Branch County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $35,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $40,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)