Marquette, MI, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is a small city with a population of just over 21,000 people. Despite its small size, Marquette has a vibrant political atmosphere. Local elections for mayors and City Council members are held every two years. The community also works together to create events and initiatives that strive to benefit all of its citizens. Issues such as economic development, environmental sustainability, and social equity are discussed at regular City Council meetings. Residents can stay up to date with any political news in their community by following news outlets and attending public meetings or forums hosted by the City Council.
The political climate in Zip 49855 (Marquette, MI) is leaning liberal.
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49855 (Marquette, MI) is leaning liberal.
Marquette, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Marquette County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Marquette Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Marquette, Michigan: D d D D d D
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 49855 (Marquette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,265 contributions totaling $174,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $90,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)