Gladstone, Michigan (49837) is a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with a population of approximately 4,000 people. Politics in Gladstone are administered by the local government of Delta County which includes a three-member county board of commissioners and an elected county clerk. The current board members are Dave Moyle, Mike Quayle and Richard Perron while the county clerk is Stacy L. Tippett-Foltz. Furthermore, Gladstone holds regular elections every two years for City Council Members, Mayor, City Clerk and Treasurer. Currently the Mayor of Gladstone is Kelly Klinefelter who was elected on November 5th 2019. There are three city council members including Mark Brunner, Steve Erickson and Sue Sirard who were all elected in 2017. The other roles of City Clerk and Treasurer are filled by temporary appointments due to recent vacancies in those positions.
The political climate in Zip 49837 (Gladstone, MI) is moderately conservative.
Delta County, MI is strongly conservative. In Delta County, MI 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.9%.
Delta county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49837 (Gladstone, MI) is moderately conservative.
Gladstone, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Delta County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Escanaba Metro Area is strongly 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.
Gladstone, Michigan: r 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 49837 (Gladstone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $26,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $20,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)