Rumely, MI is a small rural community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The politics in this area are strongly affected by its location; far away from larger cities, and with only a small population of about 500 residents, there is not much of an active political scene. Voting for local issues mostly takes place within the village council or school board elections. Residents take pride in their independence and often vote for candidates who will advocate for their needs. This is especially true when it comes to issues regarding local public services such as education and infrastructure. In recent years, the political climate of Rumely has been quietly progressive, with citizens leaning more towards protecting natural resources and supporting alternative energy sources. Despite its small size, Rumely has an engaged citizen base that works hard to ensure their local politicians are making decisions beneficial to the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 49826 (Rumely, MI) is moderately conservative.
Alger County, MI is moderately conservative. In Alger County, MI 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alger county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.0%.
Alger county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49826 (Rumely, MI) is moderately conservative.
Rumely, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Alger County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Rumely, Michigan: r d 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 49826 (Rumely)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)