Vassar Township is located in Tuscola County, Michigan. It is a small, rural township with a population of around 3,000 people. The government is headed by an elected board of trustees who meet monthly to discuss local issues and make decisions on behalf of the residents. Local elections are held every two years for trustee positions and other roles such as clerk, treasurer, and supervisor. The residents of Vassar Township take pride in their town's political representation and engage in local civic activities to ensure that their opinions are heard by elected officials. Each year the township holds events such as town hall meetings, candidate forums, and town-wide surveys to encourage participation in the political process. Overall, Vassar Township enjoys a strong sense of community and involvement in political matters that help create a better future for everyone living there.
The political climate in Vassar township, MI is strongly conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vassar township, MI is strongly conservative.
Tuscola 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.
Vassar township, 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 Vassar township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $14,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $7,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)