The politics in Escanaba, Michigan is an interesting topic. The city has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected Mayor and six City Council members who are elected from wards. The Mayor serves a four-year term while Council members serve three-year terms. Local elections are held every two years on the November ballot. Recently, issues such as infrastructure improvement, increasing economic development, and maintaining a safe and healthy community have been major political topics. Every election cycle new candidates come forward to address these issues and advocate for their constituents. With some of the oldest neighborhoods in the region, Escanaba's politics also includes initiatives for preserving its rich history while embracing progress and innovation in the city.
The political climate in Escanaba, MI is somewhat conservative.
Delta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Delta County, MI 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.9%.
Delta county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Escanaba, MI is somewhat conservative.
Delta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Escanaba Metro Area is strongly 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.
Escanaba, Michigan: r r d 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 Escanaba, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 442 contributions totaling $21,396 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $43,693 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)