Sweetwater, MI is a small town located in the Midwest with a vibrant community. The town is governed by a mayor and city council, who are responsible for organizing the budget and determining policy that affects local residents. There are a variety of issues that are important to Sweetwater's citizens, such as education, health care, and economic development. Local political candidates engage the community on these issues through public forums and debates held throughout the year. The citizens of Sweetwater take an active role in supporting their preferred candidate or issue during elections. This ensures that politicians remain accountable to those they serve. Every four years, citizens have an opportunity to cast their vote for the person they believe will be best suited to provide leadership and guidance within their community.
The political climate in Sweetwater, MI is moderately conservative.
Lake County, MI is strongly conservative. In Lake County, MI 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.1%.
Lake county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sweetwater, MI is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Sweetwater, Michigan: D d D d 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 Sweetwater, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $14,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $22,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)