Baraga County, MI is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is comprised of several small towns. It has a thriving economy based on local businesses, logging, and tourism. The local government of Baraga County is made up of various elected officials who make decisions affecting the county's future. In addition to state representatives from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Baraga County residents elect a representative for their county in the State House of Representatives. These representatives are responsible for making decisions regarding budgets, laws, and regulations that affect the citizens of Baraga County. Furthermore, local elections take place every two years for county commissioners who serve four year terms and are responsible for managing the county's financial resources and operations. Through these elected officials, Baraga County residents can voice their opinion concerning important matters that effect their lives within this community.
The political climate in 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
Baraga County, MI is strongly conservative.
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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.
Baraga, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Baraga County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $15,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $7,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)