Erwin, MI is a small town located in Michigan with a population of around 5,000 people. Although the town is small, it still has a wide variety of political representation and activity in place. The town’s mayor is currently Eric J. Jones, and he is serving his second term in office. Eric was elected by the citizens of Erwin to continue to serve in office, thanks to his track record of good governance and strong community spirit. Erwin also has city council members who are responsible for making decisions that affect the everyday lives of its citizens. Through their efforts, Erwin's residents have access to quality services such as education, healthcare and public transportation. Along with elected officials like the mayor and city council members, Erwin also has many local political organizations that work to shape policy decisions made by the state and federal government that affect local citizens' lives. These organizations include non-profits, activist networks, civic groups and labor unions who all strive to make sure that Erwin stays an active part of Michigan politics.
The political climate in Erwin, MI is moderately conservative.
Gogebic County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Gogebic County, MI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gogebic county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 43.1%.
Gogebic county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Erwin, MI is moderately conservative.
Gogebic 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.
Erwin, Michigan: d d D d 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 Erwin, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $2,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $24,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)