Watertown Township is located in Tuscola County, Michigan. It is a rural area with mostly agricultural activities and a population of approximately 6,200 people. Its political landscape consists of local leaders who strive to create a better community through the implementation of policies that will benefit the residents and businesses in the area. The township supervisor is elected at-large and works to ensure the township’s interests are represented in county, state, and federal bodies. In addition to this leader, Watertown Township has several other elected officials, such as trustees and clerks. These individuals work together to make sure the needs of the citizens are met and that the township remains free from corruption. Together they have been able to make strides towards improving infrastructure, creating job opportunities, and promoting public safety initiatives for their constituents.
The political climate in Watertown township (Tuscola County), MI is very 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
Watertown township (Tuscola County), MI is very 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.
Watertown township (Tuscola 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 Watertown township (Tuscola County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $11,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $14,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)