Houghton Lake, MI is a small town located in Roscommon County. As of 2019, the town had a population of 2,743 people. Political representation for the town is provided by the Michigan House of Representatives with Lana Theis (R-Brighton) serving as its current representative. At the county level, Houghton Lake is part of Roscommon County’s District 2 and represented by Commissioner David Alan Tuttle (R-Grayling). Additionally, residents of Houghton Lake are also represented at the federal level by Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Michigan’s 4th Congressional District).
The politics in Houghton Lake are predominately conservative and focused on fiscal responsibility and fostering economic growth. Residents tend to prioritize tax cuts and job creation over social issues, and generally vote for candidates who reflect their values. In recent years, this has meant supporting Republican candidates in local and national elections.
The political climate in Zip 48629 (Houghton Lake, MI) is strongly conservative.
Roscommon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Roscommon County, MI 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roscommon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.4%.
Roscommon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48629 (Houghton Lake, MI) is strongly conservative.
Houghton Lake, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Roscommon 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.
Houghton Lake, Michigan: d r d 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 48629 (Houghton Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $11,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $12,107 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)