Solon Township is a small township located in Leelanau County, Michigan. It has an unincorporated population of around 1,800 people and is a part of the Grand Traverse region. The local politics in Solon Township are mostly comprised of local elections for Township Supervisor, Clerk and Trustee positions. These positions are filled by candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties as well as independent candidates. In recent years, the local politics has seen a considerable amount of voter participation in the elections. Issues such as development, land usage and zoning have been key topics in the election campaigns. The township also has several committees that meet regularly to discuss various community projects. Community members have the opportunity to participate in these committees to help shape policy proposals and future plans for Solon Township.
The political climate in Solon township (Leelanau County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Leelanau County, MI is leaning liberal. In Leelanau County, MI 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leelanau county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.8%.
Leelanau county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Solon township (Leelanau County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Leelanau County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Solon township (Leelanau County), Michigan: R R d r r d
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 Solon township (Leelanau County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,689 contributions totaling $397,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 535 contributions totaling $130,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)