Crystal Falls, MI is a small rural town located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It has a population of approximately 4,000 people and is largely made up of working-class families. Politically speaking, Crystal Falls leans heavily Republican, with most local elections going to candidates from the GOP. The most recent election was won by incumbent state representative Jim Johnson, who ran unopposed and earned over 80% of the votes cast for his party. Crystal Falls also tends to support conservative causes like protecting gun rights and limiting taxes. While not everyone in town agrees on every issue, the residents in Crystal Falls generally share a common view on many topics that often leads to successful outcomes at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 49920 (Crystal Falls, MI) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 49920 (Crystal Falls, MI) is moderately conservative.
Crystal Falls, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Iron County, Michigan 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.
Crystal Falls, 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 zip 49920 (Crystal Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $4,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $10,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)