The politics in 49770 Petoskey, MI are represented by the county and state government. On the county level, there is an elected Board of Commissioners who are responsible for making decisions related to the budget and other matters within the county. Additionally, they appoint a County Administrator who oversees the day-to-day operations of the county.
At the state level, representation for 49770 Petoskey, MI comes from their elected State Representatives and Senators. This includes both State Representatives from the district that contains Petoskey as well as Senatorial representatives from Michigan at large. These elected officials make laws and vote on issues that affect all citizens of Michigan, including those that live in Petoskey. They are also responsible for voting on appropriations for state programs and services that benefit residents of 49770 Petoskey, MI.
The political climate in Zip 49770 (Petoskey, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49770 (Petoskey, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Petoskey, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Petoskey, 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 49770 (Petoskey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,277 contributions totaling $109,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $98,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)