Clam Lake, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Despite its size, the politics of Clam Lake are just as important as those of any other community. The people of Clam Lake are passionate about their local politics and are active in their participation. They care deeply about who serves them at the local level and strive to ensure that they make educated decisions on who holds office. Elections for local political positions can be hotly contested, with the residents taking an active role in getting out the vote and advocating for change. Many residents volunteer their time to help promote their favored candidates, as well as showing up to municipal meetings to voice their opinions on key issues that affect the community. No matter who is elected into office, the people of Clam Lake take an active role in making sure that their voices are heard and that they have a hand in crafting policies that will continue making Clam Lake a great place to call home.
The political climate in Clam Lake, MI is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, MI is very conservative. In Wexford County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wexford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.9%.
Wexford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clam Lake, MI is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac Metro Area is very 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.
Clam 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 Clam Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $16,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $25,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)