Spurr, MI is a small rural community located in the heart of the Midwest. In Spurr, local politics are largely focused on providing basic services that benefit its citizens. This includes efforts to keep taxes low while maintaining high-quality public services such as roads, police and fire departments, water and sewer systems, schools, libraries, parks, and recreational facilities. Many of the town's elected officials have come from generations of families who have served in the same position for decades. The current mayor is a lifelong resident with an extensive background in public service. The city council consists of five members who meet regularly to discuss policy and citizen input. They also consider ways to improve the quality of life for all Spurr residents by creating jobs and opportunities for economic development.
The political climate in Spurr, MI is moderately conservative.
Baraga County, MI is strongly conservative. In Baraga County, MI 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baraga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 36.5%.
Baraga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spurr, MI is moderately conservative.
Baraga 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.
Spurr, 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 Spurr, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $4,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $9,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)