The city of 58259 Michigan City, ND is a small city with a population of approximately 4,000 people. Despite its size, however, the city takes politics seriously and is actively engaged in both local and state politics. The citizens of Michigan City have ongoing conversations about important political issues that affect their lives, and there are several elected officials who represent the city at the local and state levels. The mayor of Michigan City is Sandra Soto who has served since 2018, while other representation includes a city council made up of five members along with two representatives in the North Dakota House of Representatives. There are also various committees and organizations in place to ensure that the voices of citizens are heard by those in power.
The political climate in Zip 58259 (Michigan City, ND) is strongly conservative.
Nelson County, ND is strongly conservative. In Nelson County, ND 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 33.0%.
Nelson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58259 (Michigan City, ND) is strongly conservative.
Michigan City, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
Nelson County, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
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North Dakota is very conservative.
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.
Michigan City, North Dakota: R 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 58259 (Michigan City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 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)