Ramsay, MI is located in Marquette County and is a small community with a population of 49959 people. Politically, the county is largely Democratic, with some areas leaning slightly Republican. The most recent local political races have been won by the incumbent Democrat candidates for the Marquette County Commission, Sheriff's Office and District Court Judgeship. At the state level, Michigan has both Democratic and Republican representatives in both houses of the legislature, so there is no one-party dominance in this part of Michigan. Locally, there are several organizations that provide support to local politicians such as the Marquette County Democrats and the League of Women Voters of Michigan. These organizations help ensure citizens are informed about their voting rights and help shape public policy on issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 49959 (Ramsay, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Gogebic County, MI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gogebic county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 43.1%.
Gogebic county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49959 (Ramsay, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Ramsay, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Gogebic County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Ramsay, Michigan: d d D d 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 49959 (Ramsay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 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)