The politics of the Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area are dominated by the Republican Party, with the majority of elected officials in the area having Republican affiliations. However, there is strong political engagement and organization from other parties as well. The Democratic Party has a sizable presence in the area and various third-party organizations such as the Green Party also have representation in local politics. In addition to these organized political organizations, there are many independents who participate actively in local politics. Generally speaking, voter turnout in this area is relatively high with elections routinely featuring competitive races for local office between candidates of all different political backgrounds and ideologies.
The political climate in Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sault Ste. Marie metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.6%.
The Sault Ste. Marie metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sault Ste. Marie, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 743 contributions totaling $190,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $26,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)