Suttons Bay Township, MI is a small community located in Leelanau County. The township covers around 11 square miles and is home to about 1,900 people. Politics in Suttons Bay Township revolve around local issues that are important to its citizens. These include things like the development of local businesses, improving public infrastructure, environmental protection and ensuring the town remains a safe place for families to live. Local politicians work hard to ensure they meet the needs of the community while balancing both economic and environmental interests. They strive to maintain harmony within the township by working with residents on various projects and initiatives that benefit everyone. Elections for local political candidates occur every two years with recent ones taking place in 2019, 2018, and 2016. Residents have many opportunities to get involved in their political process by attending meetings of elected officials or volunteering on campaigns.
The political climate in Suttons Bay township, MI is leaning conservative.
Leelanau County, MI is leaning liberal. In Leelanau County, MI 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leelanau county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.8%.
Leelanau county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Suttons Bay township, MI is leaning conservative.
Leelanau County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Suttons Bay township, Michigan: R R d r r 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 Suttons Bay township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,963 contributions totaling $152,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 597 contributions totaling $64,088 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)