The town of Leland, MI is a vibrant community with a wide range of political views. Despite its small size, the town has seen a number of local issues come to the forefront in recent years. With some residents feeling strongly about certain causes, the political landscape continues to be an interesting one. Local candidates for office are often passionate about the need for change and bettering the lives of those in their community. From taxes to healthcare, environmental concerns to economic development, there are plenty of topics that local politicians have needed to make decisions on in Leland over the past few years. The ability for citizens to engage with their representatives and discuss how they would like to see things addressed has been an important factor in helping shape local politics in this small town.
The political climate in 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
Leland, MI 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Leland, MI
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)