Ensign, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. While the town has no population information available, it is home to an active and engaged community with strong political beliefs. Local government is run by a mayor and several trustees, all of whom are elected by the residents of Ensign every two years. With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, many people in Ensign are discussing who they will support at the polls. Issues such as immigration, health care, taxes, and gun control have been hotly debated topics amongst residents of this small Michigan town. With no local political candidates running for office in Ensign this upcoming election cycle, many citizens feel that their voices may not be heard as strongly as those from larger cities. Nonetheless, many individuals in Ensign are passionate about advocating for their beliefs and exercising their right to vote for their preferred candidate come November.
The political climate in Ensign, MI is strongly conservative.
Delta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Delta County, MI 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.9%.
Delta county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ensign, MI is strongly conservative.
Delta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Escanaba Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ensign, Michigan: r 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 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 Ensign, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $3,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $7,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)