Ironton, MI is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its size, the politics of Ironton are still an important factor in the day-to-day life of the community. While there are no local political candidates to speak of, the decisions made by elected officials from higher levels of government still have an impact on daily life in Ironton. The town participates in state initiatives and follows federal guidelines for things like public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more. Additionally, citizens in Ironton have the opportunity to vote in state and federal elections that affect all people living within their boundaries. With such a small population, each individual’s vote carries extra weight in local initiatives.
The political climate in Ironton, MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ironton, MI is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Ironton, Michigan: R R r 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 Ironton, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 660 contributions totaling $115,566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $82,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)