Munising, MI is a small city with a population of around 2,355 people. Located in Alger County, Munising is part of the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan. Politically, Munising tends to lean more towards the Democratic party. During the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden won by a large margin over Republican Donald Trump in Alger county as a whole. At the local level, several Democrats and Republicans have served on the city council over the years. Currently, the mayor of Munising is Democrat Barbara J LaFave who was elected in 2017 and has served since then. In addition to her role as mayor, LaFave also serves as chairperson for Municipal Services Authority and Fire Department committees.
The political climate in Zip 49862 (Munising, 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 49862 (Munising, MI) is moderately conservative.
Munising, 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.
Munising, 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 49862 (Munising)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $8,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $12,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)