Central Lake Township, MI is a small rural community located in Northern Michigan. It has a vibrant political landscape, with numerous local candidates looking to make positive changes for the township. Local issues are often highlighted in debates and discussions, and candidates are expected to be well-informed on all relevant topics when running for office. From the future of the town’s schools to how taxes will be used and more, politics in Central Lake Township are an ongoing conversation. Candidates must be able to work together across party lines while still voicing their concerns and ideas. Elections can involve heated debates between differing opinions, but ultimately it is up to the people of Central Lake Township to decide who they want representing them at the local level.
The political climate in Central Lake township, 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 township, 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 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 Central Lake township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 423 contributions totaling $67,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $55,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)