Gwinn is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, which consists of an elected mayor and six council members. Local politics in Gwinn are focused on providing essential services for the community, while also maintaining fiscal responsibility and making sure that local laws are upheld. Issues such as infrastructure maintenance, education funding, public safety measures, economic development projects, and promotion of tourism are all part of the political landscape in Gwinn. Local elections usually have a low voter turnout due to the relatively small population; however, each vote counts towards supporting candidates who will best represent the interests of the people living there.
The political climate in Gwinn, MI is leaning 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
Gwinn, MI is leaning 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.
Gwinn, 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 Gwinn, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $15,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)