Lake township (Lake Cnty), MI is a small, rural community located in the Northern part of Michigan. It is home to many hardworking families and individuals who are proud of their roots. The local politics of this town are centered around pro-growth policies that encourage economic development and job opportunities for its residents. There are a few local political candidates that have been in office for multiple terms, each with different positions and ideas on how to best serve the town's citizens. These candidates often speak out in favor of important issues like protecting the environment, investing in local infrastructure, and creating more jobs. In addition, they consistently work to address any challenges that arise within the community by working together with other officials and organizations.
The political climate in Lake township (Lake County), MI is moderately conservative.
Lake County, MI is strongly conservative. In Lake County, MI 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.1%.
Lake county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake township (Lake County), MI is moderately conservative.
Lake 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.
Lake township (Lake County), Michigan: D d 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 Lake township (Lake County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $14,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $22,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)