Petoskey, Michigan is a small city located in the Northwest corner of the state. It has an active political landscape comprised of local and state officials who represent the city's interests. Petoskey is part of Emmet County, where residents elect county commissioners to oversee the day-to-day operations and provide services to its citizens. The county also includes representatives in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate, who determine statewide policy issues and address problems specific to the area. Additionally, Petoskey voters also cast ballots on a variety of national issues during presidential elections and other political races. As such, Petoskey residents are actively engaged in their local politics and can influence decisions that affect them directly.
The political climate in Petoskey, MI is leaning 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
Petoskey, MI is leaning 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.
Petoskey, 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 Petoskey, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,277 contributions totaling $109,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $98,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)