Gagetown, Michigan is a small, rural town located in the Upper Peninsula. It is known for its rolling hills, quiet atmosphere, and friendly residents. Politically, Gagetown is an independent city that has no affiliation with a particular political party. Instead, it focuses on issues that relate to its local community such as infrastructure maintenance and public safety. The city council consists of five members who are chosen in local elections every two years. Gagetown citizens take pride in their local government and are committed to making decisions that will benefit their town now and in the future.
The political climate in Gagetown, MI is very conservative.
Tuscola County, MI is very conservative. In Tuscola County, MI 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Tuscola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gagetown, MI is very conservative.
Tuscola County, Michigan 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.
Gagetown, 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 Gagetown, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $6,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)