The Boyne Valley in Michigan is a quaint and charming area with a strong sense of local pride. It is home to many small rural townships and villages, as well as an array of outdoor recreational opportunities. Although the area is small, it has an active and lively political culture, engaging citizens in the voting process on important issues that affect their lives. With local referendums and ballot initiatives, residents of the Boyne Valley have a direct say in how their town's resources are allocated and managed. The local elections are also an important part of the political process here, with candidates from both major parties vying for positions at all levels of government. In each election cycle, locals have an opportunity to make their voices heard by casting informed votes on who will best represent their interests at the state and federal level.
The political climate in Boyne Valley, MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boyne Valley, MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Boyne Valley, 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 Boyne Valley, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 489 contributions totaling $29,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $21,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)