Bear Lake, MI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. The town has an active local politics scene, which is largely driven by its residents. Over the past few years, citizens have actively participated in local elections as well as lobbied for and supported many important issues that affect their community. The primary focus of Bear Lake's politics is to maintain a strong sense of community, while continuing to grow and progress economically. In addition, many citizens are passionate about environmental issues such as protecting natural resources and fighting climate change. Recently, several new initiatives have been introduced to increase sustainability in the town by investing in renewable energy sources and green infrastructure improvements. Residents are also involved in working with state representatives to ensure that their voices are heard on important topics such as health care reform and education funding. With engaged citizens and leaders who prioritize their community’s needs, Bear Lake’s political climate continues to be an area where progress is made each day.
The political climate in Bear Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bear Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Bear Lake, Michigan: d r D d 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 Bear Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $6,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $5,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)