Denton, MI is a small town with an engaged and active political community. The local residents are keenly aware of the issues that affect their lives and are passionate about seeing meaningful change. They come together to discuss controversial topics such as taxes, social issues, infrastructure, education, and more. Political candidates in the city have traditionally received strong support from the town's citizens, who take part in debates and activities to determine who will best represent their interests. Local candidates for office must demonstrate an understanding of the challenges facing Denton and must be prepared to present solutions that will benefit all citizens. In addition to supporting local politicians with their votes, many Denton voters take part in helping shape state-level politics through their engagement at the polls.
The political climate in Denton, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Denton, MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Denton, Michigan: d r d 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 Denton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 683 contributions totaling $37,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $33,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)