Wayland Township, MI is a quiet rural community located in Allegan County. The local political scene is composed of residents who are passionate about their community and are dedicated to making it a better place to live. The township is part of the larger Allegan County government and its citizens participate in the election of county representatives as well as Wayland Township officials. Residents take an active role in town politics and attend town board meetings regularly to discuss issues that affect their quality of life. In addition, they support local candidates for office who reflect their values and are willing to work together to make Wayland Township a great place to call home.
The political climate in Wayland township, MI is strongly conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayland township, MI is strongly conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland 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.
Wayland 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 Wayland township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 231 contributions totaling $104,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $68,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $760 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)