Wheatland Township in Sanilac County, Michigan is a small community of about 1,100 people. Although the township is sparsely populated, political issues still impact the daily lives of the residents. Wheatland Township is under the jurisdiction of Sanilac County and all county laws apply to Wheatland Township. At the local level, Wheatland Township is governed by an elected Board of Trustees who oversee important decisions like zoning regulations, budget approvals and infrastructure projects. These trustees work with other local officials in neighboring townships to ensure that they are meeting the needs of their constituents and working together for regional development. Local elections are held every two years to determine which candidates will represent Wheatland Township on this board. Residents have a chance to voice their opinions on how their government should be run and can choose from a wide variety of candidates when voting.
The political climate in Wheatland township (Sanilac County), MI is very conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatland township (Sanilac County), MI is very conservative.
Sanilac 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.
Wheatland township (Sanilac 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 (Sanilac County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $5,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $19,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)