Eastlake, MI is a small city in the United States with a population of about 10,000 people. Located near the Michigan border, Eastlake has a strong sense of community and its locals are passionate about their local politics. Eastlake is located in a swing district with voters consistently voting for both Democratic and Republican candidates over the years. This year's election is sure to be an exciting one as there are several local candidates vying for elected positions in the city. Some of these candidates include Jaye Jacobson, a Democrat running for City Council; Clayton Smith, an independent running for Mayor; and Mary Decker, a Republican running for District Judge. With such diverse candidates, it will be exciting to see who wins this year's election and what the new leadership brings to Eastlake.
The political climate in Eastlake, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Manistee County, MI 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manistee county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.6%.
Manistee county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eastlake, MI is moderately conservative.
Manistee 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.
Eastlake, Michigan: d r D d 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 Eastlake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $188,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $571 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $85,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $790 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)