Iron Mountain, MI is a small rural city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is home to around 8,500 people and has a long history of strong local politics. Iron Mountain is represented by several state and federal representatives, who serve on various committees to ensure the best interests of the citizens are taken into account. Through meetings and forums, local candidates have been able to discuss their views, platforms, and agendas with the community. In addition to this, Iron Mountain has an active citizen participation system which allows individuals to propose ideas for changes in their local government and have them voted on at city council meetings. All of this combined has resulted in a more transparent political climate in Iron Mountain that has allowed its citizens to be well-informed and involved in shaping their own future.
The political climate in Iron Mountain, MI is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, MI is very conservative. In Dickinson County, MI 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.5%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iron Mountain, MI is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, Michigan is very conservative.
Iron Mountain Metro Area 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.
Iron Mountain, 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 Iron Mountain, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $17,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $74,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)