Ely, MI is a small city located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a tight-knit community that largely votes Republican due to its rural location. The Mayor of Ely is Michael Daniels and he is currently serving his fourth term. He has been a strong advocate for the city and has worked to increase the economic development and reduce crime in Ely. He also works with local businesses to create new job opportunities for the citizens of Ely. Additionally, there are two City Council members elected from each ward within the city who work together to ensure that all citizens have their voices heard. They meet regularly to discuss matters concerning public safety, infrastructure, and other issues important to the residents of Ely.
The political climate in Ely, MI is somewhat conservative.
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ely, MI is somewhat conservative.
Marquette County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Marquette Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Ely, Michigan: D d D D d D
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 Ely, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $7,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $8,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)