Politics in Benzonia, MI are very important to the local citizens. The city is represented by its elected officials who serve on the Benzonia City Council. These council members are responsible for making decisions that will impact the lives of residents in Benzonia. The council is led by a Mayor who is responsible for ensuring that city ordinances and laws are followed. Each year, the people of Benzonia get to vote for their chosen candidates to represent them on the City Council. In addition, there are several state representatives from Benzonia that serve in the Michigan Legislature. Residents of Benzonia have a voice in government and strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to policy decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Benzonia, MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Benzie County, MI 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benzie county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.7%.
Benzie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benzonia, MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
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.
Benzonia, Michigan: r r d 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 Benzonia, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 763 contributions totaling $69,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $8,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)