Mastodon, MI is a small community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Despite its small size, Mastodon has an active political scene and local elections are held regularly to determine who will represent the people of the city in government. Political candidates for local offices typically come from diverse backgrounds and often have long-standing ties to the community, making the races to represent local residents a heated yet friendly competition. Residents of Mastodon take pride in their ability to select leaders that best reflect their values and ideals, ensuring that no one is left behind when it comes to policy decisions. Local politicians are accessible to all constituents, and the town’s government strives for transparency as much as possible. The local politics in Mastodon are indicative of its close-knit nature, where everyone’s opinion matters and no voice goes unheard.
The political climate in Mastodon, 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
Mastodon, 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.
Mastodon, 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 Mastodon, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 164 contributions totaling $8,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $21,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)