The small rural town of 49715 Brimley, MI is situated in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and has a population of about 1,500 people. The politics in Brimley are closely intertwined with the local government. Local elections are held to select council members who help guide the decisions of Brimley's government. These council members will then help decide what policies need to be created and implemented for the betterment of their community. Some of the topics discussed include important local issues such as infrastructure improvements, job creation projects and budgeting. Additionally, candidates for public office are elected at the state level from within Brimley and surrounding areas, allowing citizens to have a direct say in who will represent them at the state level. In short, politics in 49715 Brimley, MI are an integral part of life for its residents and play a vital role in shaping their community for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 49715 (Brimley, MI) is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Chippewa County, MI 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.6%.
Chippewa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49715 (Brimley, MI) is strongly conservative.
Brimley, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area is moderately 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.
Brimley, 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 zip 49715 (Brimley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $26,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)