Lawton, Michigan is located in Van Buren County and is a small rural community with a population of just over 1,300 people. The government of Lawton operates under the council-manager form of government, with five members on the town council. The current mayor is James Sauer and the other four council members are Jeff Johnson, Tyler O'Keefe, Gretchen Wright, and Susan Hahn. Elections for these positions are held every two years on the first Tuesday in November. These elected officials work together to ensure that all citizens have access to proper services and that their voices are heard when it comes to local issues. They also strive to maintain a good relationship with neighbors and other nearby towns for mutual economic benefit. Additionally, the council works towards creating a safe environment for all residents by providing adequate police protection as well as keeping taxes low while ensuring essential services such as water and sewer are provided at acceptable standards.
The political climate in Zip 49065 (Lawton, MI) is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49065 (Lawton, MI) is moderately conservative.
Lawton, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lawton, Michigan: r r d d 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 49065 (Lawton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $20,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $8,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)