Leland, Michigan is a small city located in the north of the state. The city has a population of about 2,600 people and is a great place to live. It has a vibrant community that is very involved in local organizations and projects throughout the area. Politically, Leland leans conservative as it has typically voted Republican in elections. Local political candidates are not mentioned here since they change often depending on the election cycle. However, some of the issues most important to the people of Leland include improving its infrastructure and economic development, protecting its environment, and helping to create more opportunities for all members of the community. With these priorities in mind, every citizen can do their part to ensure that Leland becomes an even better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 49654 (Leland, MI) is leaning conservative.
Leelanau County, MI is leaning liberal. In Leelanau County, MI 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leelanau county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.8%.
Leelanau county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49654 (Leland, MI) is leaning conservative.
Leland, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Leelanau County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Traverse City Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Leland, Michigan: R R d r r d
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 49654 (Leland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $25,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $14,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)