The small town of Suttons Bay, MI is located in Leelanau County and has a population of 1,052 according to the last census. It has a small local government that consists of an elected Mayor and four trustees elected at large to serve four-year terms. The current Mayor is Terry Theisen who was first elected in 2017, while the trustees include Bob Lutz, Paul Bickel, Jane Larson and Steve Sapp. Together they are responsible for making decisions on various local issues related to the town such as infrastructure projects, public safety concerns and zoning regulations. They also work with the state legislature and other counties within Michigan to ensure that Suttons Bay's interests are represented in the legislative process. In addition to local politics, Suttons Bay is part of a larger countywide political organization called the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners which oversees all county-level activities such as budgeting for services like road repairs and public transportation.
The political climate in Zip 49682 (Suttons Bay, 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 49682 (Suttons Bay, MI) is leaning conservative.
Suttons Bay, 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.
Suttons Bay, 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 49682 (Suttons Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $27,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $8,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)