The politics of Carp Lake Township, located in Emmet County, Michigan, are centered around local issues that affect the residents of this rural community. A five-member Board of Trustees comprising three elected officials and two appointed members governs the township. They strive to maintain a balanced budget and work closely with their citizens to ensure they provide them with high quality services while keeping taxes low. The trustees oversee the road maintenance program, manage zoning requests, handle public safety concerns, and administer other day-to-day activities of Carp Lake Township. In addition to local issues, Carp Lake Township also follows state and federal laws when it comes to matters such as taxation and environmental protection. With a strong commitment to the community’s well-being and an eye towards responsible fiscal management, Carp Lake Township’s political leadership works diligently each day to ensure that its citizens have access to the resources they need and deserve.
The political climate in Carp Lake township, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carp Lake township, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet 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.
Carp Lake township, 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 Carp Lake township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $4,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)