Waucedah, MI is a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Politics here are reflective of the area's deep-rooted conservative values. Many residents prioritize fiscal responsibility and oppose higher taxes, while others support government assistance programs like Medicaid and SNAP to help those in need. Local elections tend to be closely contested between Democrats and Republicans for positions on the City Council as well as County Commission. Waucedah's citizens have a long history of participating in local politics - from voting on various issues to attending rallies and town hall meetings to make their voices heard. The City Council has recently taken steps to improve infrastructure within the community, showing a commitment from all sides to work together to make Waucedah better for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Waucedah, MI is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, MI is very conservative. In Dickinson County, MI 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.5%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waucedah, MI is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Michigan is very conservative.
Iron Mountain 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.
Waucedah, 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 Waucedah, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $11,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)