Sanborn, MI is a small, rural town in Michigan. Despite its small size, it has a vibrant and engaged political climate. Local elections typically attract high voter turnout and heated debates over important local issues. Residents of Sanborn take their civic duty seriously and are actively involved in the decision-making that can shape the future of their community. In recent years, topics like education funding, public safety investments, and economic development initiatives have been hotly contested during local election cycles. Local candidates for office are often passionate about these issues, as well as others such as health care access and environmental protection. Whatever the outcome of any election in Sanborn, MI, one thing is certain: politics matter here.
The political climate in Sanborn, MI is strongly conservative.
Alpena County, MI is strongly conservative. In Alpena County, MI 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alpena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Alpena county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanborn, MI is strongly conservative.
Alpena County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alpena Metro Area is strongly 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.
Sanborn, Michigan: d 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 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 Sanborn, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 608 contributions totaling $39,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $35,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)