The small community of 49717 Burt Lake, MI is located in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It is a rural area primarily composed of small towns and farms. Politically, it leans slightly Republican, with most voters in the area supporting conservative values and politicians. The biggest issues facing residents are job growth and economic development, as well as access to quality education and healthcare. The local government is focused on improving infrastructure and services while maintaining a low tax burden on families and businesses. Local candidates running for office in 2020 have put forth ideas to spur economic growth by creating more jobs in the area through better educational programs and increased access to resources within the community. They also want to improve access to healthcare by expanding coverage and increasing benefits for those in need.
The political climate in Zip 49717 (Burt Lake, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Cheboygan County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheboygan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.2%.
Cheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49717 (Burt Lake, MI) is strongly conservative.
Burt Lake, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
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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.
Burt Lake, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 49717 (Burt Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $10,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)