Interior, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a population of approximately 200 people and offers a quiet, rural lifestyle. Although Interior is too small to have its own local government, it does have representatives from the state government who are responsible for representing the interests of the citizens. Every two years residents of Interior vote in primary and general elections to choose their representatives for the State House and Senate. These candidates campaign on issues that affect residents such as tax reform, education funding, and environmental protection. In addition to state representation, Interior's citizens also vote for county-level offices such as sheriff, district attorney, treasurer, and other roles. Voters in this small community take their civic duty seriously and actively engage with their elected officials to ensure they are aware of their needs and concerns.
The political climate in Interior, MI is moderately conservative.
Ontonagon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ontonagon County, MI 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ontonagon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.5%.
Ontonagon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Interior, MI is moderately conservative.
Ontonagon County, Michigan 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.
Interior, 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 Interior, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $3,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)