Ironwood, MI is a small city located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Despite its small size, Ironwood has an active political environment with citizens who are engaged in local and state-level issues. Every year, local elections are held for mayor and city council positions, as well as other offices such as those of the county clerk or sheriff. Residents of Ironwood can get involved in advocating for their preferred candidates or issues by attending rallies and talking to their elected representatives about what matters to them most. The current mayor is focused on improving the infrastructure of the city, from introducing new parks and recreational areas to bettering the public transportation system. Additionally, the city council recently passed a resolution aimed at improving broadband access throughout Ironwood. Community members have come together to form political action groups that prioritize active engagement with local politicians and increased representation of marginalized voices in politics. Overall, politics in Ironwood continues to be an important part of life for many residents.
The political climate in Ironwood, MI is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Gogebic County, MI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gogebic county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 43.1%.
Gogebic county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ironwood, MI is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Ironwood, Michigan: d d 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 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 Ironwood, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $1,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $24,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)