Gladstone, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The town has a strong sense of community and is an active participant in local politics. Each year, residents come together to elect a mayor and city council members who are responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the city. These candidates bring forward unique ideas and solutions to problems that face the community, such as access to quality healthcare, improving economic development opportunities, and ensuring public safety. Residents also engage in volunteer activities such as helping at local events and working with non-profit organizations to benefit Gladstone. Overall, the political environment in Gladstone is vibrant and engaging, allowing residents to have their voices heard through meaningful civic engagement.
The political climate in Gladstone, MI is moderately 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
Gladstone, MI is moderately 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.
Gladstone, 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 Gladstone, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $26,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $20,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)