White Pigeon Township in Michigan is a small rural township with a population just over 2,000. The politics of the area are overseen by the White Pigeon Township Board which is composed of seven elected officials who serve four year terms. The town board oversees all local political matters including budgets, taxes, zoning, and ordinances. All elections are held at the White Pigeon Township Hall in November of each year for those interested in running for office. Candidates must be residents of White Pigeon Township and registered to vote prior to filing their candidacy papers. With strong community involvement and volunteerism, the citizens of White Pigeon Township come together to ensure that local government works to best serve them.
The political climate in White Pigeon township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Pigeon township, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis 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.
White Pigeon township, 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 White Pigeon township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 457 contributions totaling $26,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $67,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)