Laketown, MI is a small rural town located in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. While the town has a small population, it still has an active political presence. The town is represented at the state level by Senator Bob Jones and Representative Michelle Smith. At the local level, Mayor Charles Wilson leads the city council to make decisions that affect the citizens of Laketown. Citizens of Laketown are invited to attend monthly council meetings to express their opinions on local issues and have a voice in how their town is run. Several of Laketown's citizens are actively involved in organizing events such as public forums and debates to ensure that everyone living in Laketown has an opportunity to share their views on politics and current events. In addition, many people volunteer for local political campaigns to help elect candidates who will reflect the values of the community. With its active political engagement, Laketown proves that even small towns can have an impact on statewide politics and beyond.
The political climate in Laketown, MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laketown, MI is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Laketown, 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 Laketown, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,887 contributions totaling $438,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,165 contributions totaling $914,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $785 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)