Central Lake, MI is a small town located in Northern Michigan with a population of just over 2,000 people. It is known for its beautiful scenery and friendly atmosphere. In terms of politics, Central Lake is part of Antrim County and the area leans Republican. The local government consists of a Mayor and six city council members who are elected by the citizens every four years. The most recent election saw the incumbent Mayor being re-elected with two new City Council members joining the existing four. Overall, Central Lake's political policies focus on maintaining its small town charm while also making gradual improvements to services like education and infrastructure that benefit all local residents.
The political climate in Central Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Central Lake, MI is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Central Lake, 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 Central Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $21,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $5,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)