Iron, MI County is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is a rural area with a population of just over 4,000 residents. The county has a long history of political involvement and participation, with both local and state representatives from the two major political parties vying for office each election cycle. Locally, Iron County has a board of commissioners that oversee the operation of the county government. Each commissioner is elected by the people to serve a four-year term, and they are responsible for making sure that all citizens receive equal representation on county matters. Additionally, Iron County also elects a sheriff, treasurer, prosecutor, and other officials who work closely with citizens on various issues such as public safety and tax enforcement. On the state level, Iron County has two representatives in the Michigan State House and one in the State Senate who work together to make sure that their constituents’ voices are heard in Lansing.
The political climate in 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
Iron 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.
Iron, 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 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 Iron County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $7,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $25,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)