Marquette County, Michigan is a vibrant and diverse community with its own unique political landscape. The county has a variety of local initiatives, including the Marquette County Board of Commissioners and various elected officials like the Sheriff, Clerk/Register of Deeds and Prosecuting Attorney. Residents elect mayors in each of the county's cities and villages to represent their interests. Various local organizations also regularly work to engage citizens with different aspects of local politics such as encouraging voter registration and participation in public forums. There are also many advocacy groups that are actively involved in fighting for social justice and democratic reforms throughout the county. Despite its size, Marquette County is home to an engaged electorate who make their voices heard each election season.
The political climate in Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal.
In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal.
Marquette Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Marquette, Michigan: D d D D d D
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 Marquette County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,338 contributions totaling $208,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 684 contributions totaling $117,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)