Platte, MI is a small town located in the northern region of Michigan. The town is highly active in local politics and has an engaged citizen base involved in decisions that affect their community. Platte's mayor and city council members work together to ensure the town's continued success and growth. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions at public meetings held by the city council, or by writing or calling their elected representatives. Additionally, there are several organizations like Friends of Platte and City Pride that focus on advocating for citizens' interests such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and parks and recreation programs. Residents also have access to voting information through various online platforms and receive regular updates on political issues from local newspapers. With its strong sense of community involvement, Platte is a great place to call home for those interested in engaging with local politics.
The political climate in Platte, MI is moderately conservative.
Benzie County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Benzie County, MI 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benzie county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.7%.
Benzie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Platte, MI is moderately conservative.
Benzie County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Platte, Michigan: r 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 Platte, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 838 contributions totaling $61,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $20,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)