Wedgewood, MI is a small town with a population of around 8,000 people. The town has a strong sense of community and its politics are reflective of this. Wedgewood is run by an elected mayor who is supported by the City Council. Local elections generally involve direct local voting for the candidates running for these positions. Candidates usually come from within the local community and are well known to the citizens, making them more likely to be elected into office. Political campaigns usually focus on issues that are important to the town and its citizens such as crime rates, infrastructure development, educational opportunities, and economic growth. Wedgewood actively works towards creating better living conditions for its residents and improving overall quality of life in the area.
The political climate in Wedgewood, MI is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, MI is very conservative. In Wexford County, MI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wexford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.9%.
Wexford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wedgewood, MI is strongly conservative.
Wexford County, Michigan is very conservative.
Cadillac 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.
Wedgewood, 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 Wedgewood, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $16,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $25,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)