Bear Lake Township is located in Manistee County, Michigan. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees that is elected to serve staggered four year terms. The current trustees are Steve Quade, Jeff DeYoung and Ben Brown. Elections for the board of trustees take place every two years with the most recent election taking place in November 2020. The board of trustees works together to make decisions that help promote the growth and development of Bear Lake Township in areas such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, parks and recreation facilities, and other vital services. In addition to the three members of the board of trustees, Bear Lake Township also has a clerk who is responsible for keeping records and performing various administrative duties.
The political climate in Bear Lake township township (Manistee County), 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 township township (Manistee County), 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 township township (Manistee County), 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 township township (Manistee County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $18,072 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $20,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)