West Branch Township, located in Dickinson County, Michigan, is a rural area with a population of just over 5,000 people. This small township is represented politically by a rotating supervisor who is elected for two-year terms and four trustees who are elected for four-year terms. In addition to the elected officials, West Branch Township also has two planning commissions that exist to ensure the development of the area meets local standards. The township's board meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. Throughout the year, residents can attend these meetings to voice their opinion on policies or make suggestions about future plans for West Branch Township. Overall, politics in West Branch Township focus on creating an atmosphere that will benefit both longtime residents and new arrivals alike.
The political climate in West Branch township (Dickinson County), MI is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, MI is very conservative. In Dickinson County, MI 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.5%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Branch township (Dickinson County), MI is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Michigan is very conservative.
Iron Mountain 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.
West Branch township (Dickinson 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 West Branch township (Dickinson County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $4,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,417 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)