Lake Township, located in Benzie County, Michigan, is a rural township with a strong sense of community. While it has no local political candidates, the township is served by a five-member elected board of trustees. The board oversees the budget and makes decisions on zoning and land use issues. They also work to ensure that the infrastructure in the township can meet the growing needs of its residents. The trustees are highly involved in their community, attending events and meeting with residents to hear their concerns and ideas for improvement. As such, Lake Township citizens have a voice in how their township is run. The political climate in Lake Township is one of cooperation and collaboration between citizens and their representatives as they strive to create an encouraging environment for all who live there.
The political climate in Lake township (Benzie County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Benzie County, MI 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benzie county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.7%.
Benzie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake township (Benzie County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Benzie County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Lake township (Benzie County), Michigan: r 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 Lake township (Benzie County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,054 contributions totaling $165,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $40,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)