St. Clair Shores, MI is a small city situated in Macomb County and is home to 60,000 people. The city has an elected mayor and seven elected City Council members, who serve four-year terms and represent the citizens of St. Clair Shores as their representatives on City matters. The local political candidates for the mayor and City Council are committed to maintaining the quality of life and protecting the interests of all St. Clair Shores residents. The local politicians strive to ensure that all citizens have access to the services they need while also encouraging economic growth by creating jobs and supporting small businesses within the community. They work together on initiatives that benefit all citizens such as maintaining public safety, improving infrastructure, fostering civic engagement, managing funds responsibly, and providing excellent customer service. All these efforts culminate in a thriving city which is beneficial for citizens from all backgrounds and ages.
The political climate in St. Clair Shores, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Clair Shores, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
St. Clair Shores, Michigan: d r 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 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 St. Clair Shores, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,525 contributions totaling $1,281,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,287 contributions totaling $1,916,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $838 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)