Marlette, MI is a small town located in the eastern portion of Michigan. It has a population of approximately 2,500 people and is home to many local businesses. Despite its size, it is an active community with a vibrant political atmosphere. The City Council is composed of seven members elected by Marlette residents to serve four-year terms. The mayor and other city officials are also elected by Marlette citizens. Local elections are held every two years and often include passionate debates about the important issues facing the community. On Election Day, people come out to support their chosen candidates and participate in the democratic process. Through its democracy, Marlette works together as one cohesive body to keep its citizens safe and prosperous while embracing new ideas that can help foster growth and opportunity in the town.
The political climate in Marlette, MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marlette, MI is strongly conservative.
Sanilac 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.
Marlette, 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 Marlette, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $4,692 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $5,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)