Dickinson, MI County is a rural area located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Politics in Dickinson are often focused on economic development and public safety. The current county board consists of seven members who are elected at-large to two-year terms. Voters in Dickinson County go to the polls every November to elect candidates for county offices, as well as state and federal positions. Local political initiatives include initiatives to increase job growth, improve public education, increase public safety, and reduce crime. The county commission works closely with local businesses and other organizations to ensure that their interests are represented when it comes to policy making decisions. Additionally, the commission works hard to make sure that all citizens feel safe within Dickinson County's borders by providing adequate resources for police and fire services as well as maintaining roads and bridges.
The political climate in Dickinson County, MI is very conservative.
In Dickinson County, MI 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.5%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dickinson County, MI is very conservative.
Iron Mountain Metro Area is very 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.
Dickinson, 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 Dickinson County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $35,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $87,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)