Ponshewaing, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a long history of civic engagement and an active political climate. Each year, local residents come together to decide on key issues facing the community, such as funding for schools and infrastructure improvements. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are all elected by the citizens every two years. Every election cycle brings new candidates vying for these positions, offering their perspectives on how best to serve the citizens of Ponshewaing. This past election season saw a particularly contentious race with two strong candidates battling it out until the very end. Ultimately, the incumbent mayor won re-election but only by a slim margin. This shows just how dedicated Ponshewaing's residents are when it comes to engaging in politics and ensuring that their voices are heard in local decision making processes.
The political climate in Ponshewaing, MI is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ponshewaing, MI is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Ponshewaing, 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 Ponshewaing, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $2,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $7,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)