Lake Fenton, MI is a small town located in Genesee County. Despite its size, Lake Fenton has a vibrant political climate with a wide variety of opinions and perspectives in the community. Local issues such as school funding, taxes and infrastructure are often discussed in the local government forums. Many residents get involved in politics by attending local city council meetings or volunteering for political campaigns. There are several local political candidates running for office each election cycle who come from various backgrounds and hold a range of different views. Local residents actively debate these issues and get engaged with the political process to ensure their voices are heard on important topics that impact the community.
The political climate in Lake Fenton, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Genesee County, MI 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.5%.
Genesee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Fenton, MI is leaning conservative.
Genesee County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Flint 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.
Lake Fenton, Michigan: D D D D d 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 Lake Fenton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 915 contributions totaling $287,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 567 contributions totaling $104,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)