Fife Lake, MI is a small town located in Grand Traverse County with a population of just over 600 people. Its politics are similar to those of many other rural towns across the country, with local elections drawing a low number of voters in comparison to larger cities. The town is led by an elected mayor and six trustees who make up the City Council. They are responsible for ensuring that local ordinances are enforced and that necessary services are provided to the community. Fife Lake also has its own planning commission which works to provide guidance on future growth and development projects in the area. With its small population, Fife Lake remains relatively quiet politically yet still manages to effectively serve its citizens’ needs.
The political climate in Fife Lake, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fife Lake, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fife 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 Fife Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $3,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $2,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)