Located in north-central Michigan, the small town of Michigamme, MI (49861) has a population of approximately 442 people. It is an unincorporated community located in Marquette County and is home to several recreational attractions, including the Michigamme River. Politically speaking, the unincorporated community is part of Michigan’s 110th State House district which includes Ishpeming and Negaunee. The state representative for this district is Sara Cambensy (D). Additionally, the congressional representative for the 1st District of Michigan includes Rep Jack Bergman (R). Aside from these representatives at a federal and provincial level, Michigamme is not served by any local political candidates or elected officials due to its status as an unincorporated community.
The political climate in Zip 49861 (Michigamme, 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 49861 (Michigamme, MI) is leaning liberal.
Michigamme, 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.
Michigamme, 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 49861 (Michigamme)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $8,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)