Lake Township (Roscommon County), MI, is an area that is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life. It is a community that strives to be a welcoming and inclusive place for everyone. Politically, the township leans towards the Democratic Party. The current mayor of Lake Township since 2006 has been Michael J. Taylor Jr., who was reelected in November 2020 with nearly 90% of the vote. There is also a seven-member Board of Trustees that works together to make decisions on behalf of the community’s residents. The board works closely with the mayor to ensure that all residents are represented fairly and equitably. Additionally, local elections in Lake Township feature a range of political candidates from both major parties as well as minor party candidates seeking to represent their constituents' interests in the county and state government.
The political climate in Lake township (Roscommon County), MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake township (Roscommon County), MI is moderately conservative.
Roscommon 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 (Roscommon County), Michigan: d 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 (Roscommon County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 656 contributions totaling $56,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $36,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)