Wheatland Township, in Mecosta County, Michigan is an area with a strong political presence. Every two years, the citizens of Wheatland Township have the opportunity to elect a three-member Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees oversees and implements policies that affect local government in the township. Citizens also have the chance to vote for state representatives and senators who help shape state laws that affect Wheatland Township. Moreover, Wheatland Township residents are active members of local organizations like the Mecosta County Republican or Democratic Party. These organizations encourage participation in politics locally and nationally through grassroots efforts. Voting in national and local elections is highly encouraged by all these groups as it helps everyone's voices be heard and their opinions be taken into account when creating new policies to benefit all citizens in Wheatland Township.
The political climate in Wheatland township (Mecosta County), MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Mecosta County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecosta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.0%.
Mecosta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatland township (Mecosta County), MI is strongly conservative.
Mecosta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Big Rapids Metro Area is strongly 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.
Wheatland township (Mecosta 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 Wheatland township (Mecosta County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $4,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $6,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)