Ironwood Charter Township in Michigan is a rural community that offers its residents a quiet lifestyle surrounded by natural beauty. The township does not have an elected mayor, but it does have a board of trustees that serves as the governing body. This board consists of five members who are elected to terms of four years apiece through nonpartisan elections. The board exercises executive, legislative, and judicial powers and makes decisions about local matters such as taxation and zoning. The township also has various committees and commissions that provide advice to the governing board on topics such as public safety and economic development. In Ironwood Charter Township, citizens take an active role in government by volunteering to serve on the governing boards and other committees or commissions. Through these efforts, residents ensure that their voices are heard when important decisions are being made about their community.
The political climate in Ironwood charter, MI is moderately conservative.
Gogebic County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Gogebic County, MI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gogebic county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 43.1%.
Gogebic county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ironwood charter, MI is moderately conservative.
Gogebic County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Ironwood charter, Michigan: d d D d 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 Ironwood charter, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $5,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $25,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)