Torch Lake Township, located in Houghton County, Michigan, has a vibrant and active political landscape. The township is home to several local organizations that are dedicated to public policy initiatives and education on the issues that affect residents of Torch Lake Township. There are also opportunities for citizens to get involved in the political process by attending town hall meetings or joining their local political party. Residents have access to various representatives from both the state and county levels, giving them a chance to voice their opinions on issues important to them. Torch Lake Township is also an active participant in elections at both the state and national levels, providing its citizens with the opportunity to make their voices heard through voting.
The political climate in Torch Lake township (Houghton County), MI is moderately conservative.
Houghton County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Houghton County, MI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houghton county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 41.8%.
Houghton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Torch Lake township (Houghton County), MI is moderately conservative.
Houghton County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Houghton Metro Area 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.
Torch Lake township (Houghton County), 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 Torch Lake township (Houghton County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 363 contributions totaling $19,415 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $11,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)