Ira, MI is a small rural community located in the southwestern corner of Michigan with a population of around 3,000 people. Politically, Ira is a conservative community that values individual rights and responsibility while supporting local businesses. While Ira does not have any dedicated local political candidates, the citizens are engaged in local politics and regularly attend town meetings to discuss current issues and vote on decisions that affect the community as a whole. Residents of Ira also take part in larger state and national elections and it is important for them to stay informed about current political events. Local organizations such as churches, businesses, and schools encourage their members to become involved in the political process by staying informed about the issues affecting Ira and voting during elections.
The political climate in Ira, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Clair County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Clair County, MI 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.0%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ira, MI is strongly conservative.
St. Clair County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Ira, 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 Ira, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $3,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $11,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)