Little Traverse is a beautiful town located in northern Michigan. It is known for its small-town charm, outdoor activities, and close knit community. Politics in Little Traverse are important to the residents and they focus on issues that directly affect the town such as infrastructure improvements, business development and school funding. The mayor of Little Traverse is responsible for enacting legislation that addresses these issues. Local elections are held every two years and the voting population is highly engaged with their local government. Campaigns are focused around concern for the future of Little Traverse and advocates for solutions that improve quality of life in the community. Residents take pride in their town and strive to ensure it remains a great place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Little Traverse, MI is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Little Traverse, MI is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Little Traverse, 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 Little Traverse, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,352 contributions totaling $361,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,264 contributions totaling $468,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)