Iron River, MI is a small city located in Iron County. It is an area known for its peaceful and rural lifestyle, with plenty of outdoor activities and attractions. Despite its relatively small size, Iron River has a vibrant political culture. Every two years the citizens of Iron River come out to elect their municipal leaders. The city operates through a Mayor-Council form of government where the Mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer and the City Council holds legislative power. The City Council consists of five members, elected at large by the citizens, who all serve four-year terms. During elections year residents can expect to see candidates running for offices such as Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer. With such close proximity to larger cities like Marquette and Green Bay, Iron River residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved in politics on the local level.
The political climate in Iron River, MI is somewhat conservative.
Iron County, MI is strongly conservative. In Iron County, MI 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.7%.
Iron county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iron River, MI is somewhat conservative.
Iron 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.
Iron River, Michigan: d 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 Iron River, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $3,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $13,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)