The small town of Deckerville, Michigan is a tight-knit community that is heavily involved in local politics. Residents are engaged and passionate about the issues that affect their lives and the future of their hometown. Every election cycle, local candidates put forth their platforms to serve the people of Deckerville. Topics such as public safety, education, economic development, and quality of life are discussed in detail by each candidate in order to better understand how they plan to represent the interests of the residents. The citizens of Deckerville come out in droves to support their favorite candidates during campaign events such as debates, town hall meetings, and local festivals. It is clear that democracy is alive and well in Deckerville and its citizens take pride in participating actively in local politics.
The political climate in Deckerville, 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
Deckerville, 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.
Deckerville, 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 Deckerville, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,373 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)