49915 Caspian, MI is a small rural town located in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The politics of this area are heavily influenced by its location and the values of its residents. The city is represented in the state house by Republican John Kivela, and in the state senate by Democrat Ed McBroom. In national offices, Caspian is represented by Senator Debbie Stabenow and Congressman Jack Bergman. There is also a local board of commissioners that works on behalf of the town's interests. The board consists of elected officials who serve two-year terms and are responsible for making decisions about budgets, public safety, infrastructure projects, zoning issues, and more. Residents take an active role in the political process by voting in elections and attending meetings to voice their opinions.
The political climate in Zip 49915 (Caspian, MI) is moderately conservative.
Iron County, MI is strongly conservative. In Iron County, MI 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.7%.
Iron county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49915 (Caspian, MI) is moderately conservative.
Caspian, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Iron 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.
Caspian, Michigan: d 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 49915 (Caspian)
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 5 contributions totaling $515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)