Bessemer, MI is a small city located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This city is home to about 2,200 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor of Bessemer is Doug Ingles who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Each member represents a specific ward within the City of Bessemer. The council works together to make decisions on issues such as zoning laws, budgeting, and other matters that affect the residents and businesses of Bessemer. Local political candidates for 49911 Bessemer are determined during municipal elections that occur every two years in November. During these elections, residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate and ultimately determine who will represent them on the City Council or as Mayor.
The political climate in Zip 49911 (Bessemer, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Gogebic County, MI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gogebic county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 43.1%.
Gogebic county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49911 (Bessemer, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Bessemer, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Bessemer, Michigan: d d D d 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 zip 49911 (Bessemer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $3,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)