Ontonagon, Michigan is a small, rural town in the Upper Peninsula with a population of just over 1,200 residents. The politics of Ontonagon are largely focused on local issues such as maintaining good streets and roads, improving the school system, and boosting the local economy. The town is served by two county commissioners from each district in Ontonagon County who provide legislative representation for the area. These representatives work on behalf of all residents to ensure that they have access to important services such as fire protection, police protection, and public health services. Local elections are held every two years for these positions. Additionally there are several local organizations like the Ontonagon Area Chamber of Commerce who work together to promote economic growth and development in the area.
The political climate in Zip 49953 (Ontonagon, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ontonagon County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ontonagon County, MI 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ontonagon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.5%.
Ontonagon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49953 (Ontonagon, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ontonagon, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ontonagon County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
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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.
Ontonagon, 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 49953 (Ontonagon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $10,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $15,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)