Lake Township is located in Missaukee County, Michigan and is home to a variety of political parties. The township has a Mayor-Council form of government with democratically elected officials. Most recently, the township's mayor was Mary Ann Dubay and the council members were Daniel Beeson, Robert Houser, and Steve Korson. These political figures are dedicated to making Lake Township a better place by implementing policies that benefit the residents. The council works to make decisions on issues related to land use, zoning ordinances, budgeting, public safety, and economic development initiatives. They also work diligently to ensure fair representation for all citizens throughout the township. Additionally, the township hosts an annual town hall meeting where citizens can ask questions or voice concerns about local politics directly to their elected officials. All in all, Lake Township is committed to providing its citizens with quality representation and access to local politics.
The political climate in Lake township (Missaukee County), MI is strongly conservative.
Missaukee County, MI is very conservative. In Missaukee County, MI 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missaukee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.5%.
Missaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake township (Missaukee County), MI is strongly conservative.
Missaukee County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac Metro Area is very 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 (Missaukee County), 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 Lake township (Missaukee County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 367 contributions totaling $20,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $37,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)