The city of Kingsford, Michigan is located in the northern region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is a small city, encompassing a population of just over 5,000 people. Despite its size, it is an important political hub for the area, with numerous local government offices and services located in the city. Elections are held regularly to determine who will be representing Kingsford on the county and state level. Most recently, Kingsford voters had the opportunity to choose between two candidates for mayor: Fred Johnson and Mary Smith. Despite their differences in background and platform positions, each candidate was committed to providing exemplary service to the citizens of Kingsford. The election results favored Johnson who now serves as Mayor of Kingsford with Smith serving on the City Council. Through their efforts and those of elected officials at all levels of government, Kingsford continues to stand as a proud example of good governance for the region.
The political climate in Zip 49802 (Kingsford, MI) is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, MI is very conservative. In Dickinson County, MI 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.5%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49802 (Kingsford, MI) is strongly conservative.
Kingsford, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Michigan is very conservative.
Iron Mountain Metro Area is very 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.
Kingsford, 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 49802 (Kingsford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $16,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)