Cohoctah, MI is a small town located in Livingston County. Despite its small size, Cohoctah has a vibrant political atmosphere. Each year, citizens gather to elect local officials who will represent them in government and make decisions that reflect the interests of the community. Candidates for office are typically chosen from among the local residents with wide-ranging backgrounds and varying levels of experience. Because it is a smaller community, campaigns for local office tend to be friendly and focused on issues rather than personal attacks or negative rhetoric. Issues like education spending, road repair, environmental initiatives, housing affordability, and economic development often take center stage during election season. Every vote counts in these races and many citizens take their responsibility as a voter seriously by attending public debates and staying informed about the candidates’ positions on various issues.
The political climate in Cohoctah, MI is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cohoctah, MI is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Cohoctah, 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 Cohoctah, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 328 contributions totaling $22,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $53,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)