Peninsula, MI is a small suburban city located in the Midwestern part of the United States. It has a population of approximately 4,000 people and is governed by a mayor and city council. The city is divided into several wards with each ward having its own representative on the council. Each election cycle, local political candidates vie for the opportunity to represent their ward and work to make Peninsula a great place to live. Currently, there are three candidates running for mayor: John Smith, Mary Jones, and Jeff Johnson. All three bring different ideas for improving the city, but ultimately it’s up to citizens of Peninsula to decide who will be their leader. With issues ranging from public safety to infrastructure spending, voters have an important responsibility this election season to choose a candidate who best represents their values and interests.
The political climate in Peninsula, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, MI is leaning conservative. In Grand Traverse County, MI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Traverse county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Grand Traverse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peninsula, MI is somewhat conservative.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is leaning 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.
Peninsula, 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 Peninsula, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,195 contributions totaling $502,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 662 contributions totaling $221,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)