Flushing charter Township in Michigan is governed by an elected Board of Trustees who are responsible for overseeing all aspects of local government. The Board is made up of seven trustees - each elected to a four-year term - and the Supervisor who serves a two-year term. All members are elected at large and serve without pay. The Supervisor is the chief administrative officer for the Township, and is responsible for day-to-day management operations. The Board of Trustees also has a say in how funds are allocated, what ordinances are passed, and how services are provided in the community. In order to ensure effective local governance, citizens have the opportunity to participate in Town Hall meetings or community forums on various topics pertaining to local politics.
The political climate in Flushing charter, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flushing charter, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint 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.
Flushing charter, Michigan: D D D D d d
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 Flushing charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 976 contributions totaling $166,538 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 232 contributions totaling $356,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,537 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)