Gourley, MI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is a close-knit community with strong family values and an honorable reputation. The people of Gourley take great pride in their local politics, which are managed by a mayor and city council. The mayor and council work diligently to provide services for the citizens such as creating ordinances, managing development, and addressing local concerns. Every two years, voters have the opportunity to elect their representatives for the mayor and city council positions. These representatives take into consideration the opinions of Gourley’s residents while making decisions on improvements in regards to infrastructure, public safety, education, economy, housing, recreation and more. Elections are held in November of each even numbered year and always bring out the best in Gourley’s citizens who value political involvement as part of their civic duty.
The political climate in Gourley, MI is strongly conservative.
Menominee County, MI is strongly conservative. In Menominee County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menominee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.2%.
Menominee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gourley, MI is strongly conservative.
Menominee County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Marinette Metro Area is very 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.
Gourley, 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 Gourley, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $11,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $7,236 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)