The politics of 49726 Drummond Island, MI is largely influenced by its small population. As of the 2019 US Census, it is estimated that Drummond Island has a population of 1,073 people. This makes it one of the least populated places in Michigan. While there are various local political candidates in Drummond Island, the influence of the general population is very limited due to its small size. As such, there tends to be less political activity compared to larger cities and towns in Michigan. Nevertheless, local politicians still strive to represent their constituents and make decisions that will benefit everyone on Drummond Island.
The political climate in Zip 49726 (Drummond Island, MI) is moderately 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 49726 (Drummond Island, MI) is moderately conservative.
Drummond Island, Michigan is moderately 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.
Drummond Island, 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 49726 (Drummond Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $8,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)