Pickford, MI is a small municipality located in the southeastern region of Michigan. Although it is a small city, it has an active political environment that involves both local and state representatives. In Pickford, the Mayor and City Council are responsible for setting laws and ordinances for the area. The City Council works with state representatives to ensure that laws are enforced while also advocating for their constituents. Local elections are held every two years and involve candidates from both major parties as well as independent candidates. These elections focus on issues such as taxation, economic development, quality of life improvements, public services, and infrastructure maintenance. The citizens of Pickford take part in these important decisions by voting for their preferred candidates who will represent them at the local level.
The political climate in Pickford, MI is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Chippewa County, MI 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.6%.
Chippewa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pickford, MI is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area 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.
Pickford, 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 Pickford, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 576 contributions totaling $154,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $20,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)