49622 Central Lake, MI is part of the larger Antrim County and has a rich political history. The county is served by two state representatives in the Michigan House of Representatives and one senator in the Michigan Senate. The local government is led by an elected board of trustees that makes decisions related to the city's infrastructure, services, and overall management. The town also has an active local political scene with many opportunities for citizens to get involved and make their voices heard. Citizen-led initiatives such as ballot proposals are also common in 49622 Central Lake, MI, allowing citizens to directly shape policy decisions and outcomes. Overall, 49622 Central Lake, MI has an engaged and passionate population that takes an active role in politics at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 49622 (Central Lake, MI) is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49622 (Central Lake, MI) is moderately conservative.
Central Lake, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Central 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 49622 (Central Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $21,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $5,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)