Mansfield, Michigan is a small city located in the midwestern United States with a population of around 10,000 people. The local politics are overseen by the Mayor of Mansfield and its four City Council members. The Mayor and City Council serve two-year terms in office and are responsible for upholding the laws and regulations of the city. Elections for these positions take place every two years and regular meetings are held to discuss issues of importance to the community. Through their work, they aim to maintain an ideal balance between economic growth, social well-being, and environmental conservation. Recently, there have been initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as to invest in infrastructure improvements. It is clear that Mansfield's local government strives to ensure that their small community will remain a strong, vibrant part of Michigan for years to come.
The political climate in Mansfield, MI is moderately 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
Mansfield, MI is moderately 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.
Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $4,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $12,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)