The small town of Dollar Bay, MI (49922) is an interesting place politically. It is not a heavily populated area, and as such there are no local political candidates that are running for office. However, the residents of this small town take pride in their community and are invested in ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to current issues. The citizens actively discuss the different policies and initiatives that could affect them locally and work together to form a unified opinion. Despite the lack of political candidates, the people of Dollar Bay are passionate about politics and strive to make sure they have a say when it comes to decisions concerning their future.
The political climate in Zip 49922 (Dollar Bay, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Houghton County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Houghton County, MI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houghton county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 41.8%.
Houghton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49922 (Dollar Bay, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Dollar Bay, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Houghton County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Houghton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dollar Bay, 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 49922 (Dollar Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)