Marion Township in Saginaw County, Michigan is a small rural community that is heavily involved in local politics. The township has many representatives who are dedicated to making positive changes for the citizens. These representatives always make sure their constituents’ voices are heard and their issues are addressed. They have also been active in helping bring businesses and jobs to the area so that residents can be successful and have access to quality services. For example, they helped establish the Marion Business Center, which has created more than 400 new jobs over the last 15 years. In addition, township officials are actively working on environmental initiatives such as tree planting programs and preserving open space for recreational activities. They also strive to promote civic engagement through educational opportunities and events such as town hall meetings, voter education forums and community service projects.
The political climate in Marion township (Saginaw County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion township (Saginaw County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw Metro Area is leaning 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.
Marion township (Saginaw County), Michigan: D d D D r d
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 Marion township (Saginaw County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $2,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)