Waverly Township is located in Van Buren County, Michigan. The township is governed by a board of trustees who are responsible for the local governance of the township. The board of trustees consists of five members elected for four year terms and they are responsible for setting the budget, making policies and decisions that impact the residents of Waverly Township. Community involvement is important in Waverly Township and residents are encouraged to participate in local politics. There are several different positions up for election each year, including supervisor, clerk, treasurer and trustees. Through the efforts of the local officials, Waverly Township works to ensure that it remains an inviting place to live with a superior quality of life.
The political climate in Waverly township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waverly township (Van Buren County), MI is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Waverly township (Van Buren County), Michigan: r r d d 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 Waverly township (Van Buren County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,103 contributions totaling $45,058 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $40,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)