Ashland, MI is a small town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a unique political environment that is focused on creating and maintaining an inviting atmosphere for both residents and visitors. At the local level, citizens can become involved in politics by attending public meetings of the City Council or participating in community events that are hosted by various organizations throughout the year. Residents of Ashland also have the opportunity to vote for local school boards, county commissioners, sheriffs, prosecutors and other elected officials that make decisions about issues impacting their community. Additionally, civic-minded citizens can volunteer with political campaigns or participate in voter registration drives to help ensure all voices are heard during elections. All these opportunities help create an inclusive and engaged political system in Ashland and provide residents with a means of having their voices heard.
The political climate in Ashland, MI is very conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland, MI is very conservative.
Newaygo County, Michigan is very conservative.
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.
Ashland, Michigan: R R r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ashland, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $42,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $34,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)