Houghton Lake, MI is a small town in Roscommon County with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It has a longstanding tradition of civic engagement and political participation. In recent years, the local political landscape has become more competitive as several candidates have emerged to vie for local offices. These include numerous individuals from both major parties vying for the County Commissioner seat and a number of challengers from minor parties seeking various county offices. Regardless of their party affiliation, all are passionate about representing the interests of Houghton Lake's constituents and helping to better the community. With its active political climate and commitment to public service, Houghton Lake is sure to remain an important part of Michigan's political landscape for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 48630 (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 48630 (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 48630 (Houghton Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)