The town of Cheboygan, Michigan is considered a small community with a population of less than 4,000 people. It is located on the northern shores of Lake Huron and offers its residents an abundance of outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, camping, and fishing. In addition to its rural beauty, Cheboygan also has local politics which are managed by the city government. Currently, the mayor of Cheboygan is Linda Boudrieau who was elected in 2017 and serves as City Commission President. The City Commission also consists of four other members: William Osborn III, David Jennings, Kim Neward-Foster, and Richard Frank. Together these five individuals make up the governing body for the Town of Cheboygan and help to oversee matters such as infrastructure upgrades, economic growth initiatives, and maintaining services such as police protection for citizens.
The political climate in Zip 49721 (Cheboygan, 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 49721 (Cheboygan, MI) is strongly conservative.
Cheboygan, 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.
Cheboygan, 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 49721 (Cheboygan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $20,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $29,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)