The politics of Lapeer, NY is an important part of the city's identity and history. The mayor of Lapeer is Joe Schreiber, and he was elected to office in 2017. The mayor works with the Lapeer City Council to make important decisions for the people of Lapeer. The City Council consists of members from each ward in the city, and it is responsible for budgeting and making laws to improve quality of life. Citizens are encouraged to attend meetings and have their voices heard on local issues. Local elections take place every two years, giving residents the opportunity to choose who will represent them in their government. With a strong focus on civic engagement, the people of Lapeer take pride in having a voice in their city's leadership.
The political climate in Lapeer, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, NY is leaning conservative. In Cortland County, NY 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cortland county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 47.8%.
Cortland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lapeer, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland Metro Area is leaning conservative.
New York is moderately 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.
Lapeer, New York: r r 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 Lapeer, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 822 contributions totaling $46,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $189,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)