Clinton Township, MI is located in Macomb County and is home to many different local political candidates. As of 2018, the population of the township was 96,796. There are a variety of political positions and seats that are open for voters to choose from during the election cycle. Local officials make decisions that have an impact on a wide range of issues including education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development and more. The local political scene also includes members of both major parties as well as independent candidates who vie for voter attention and support leading up to election day. Residents of Clinton Township have an important opportunity to shape their future by casting their votes for those who will represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 48036 (Clinton Township, MI) is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48036 (Clinton Township, MI) is leaning conservative.
Clinton Township, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Clinton Township, Michigan: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 48036 (Clinton Township)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 735 contributions totaling $127,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $286,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,850 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)