Port Sanilac, MI is a small lakeside village in the Sanilac County located on the shoreline of Lake Huron. It is home to a tight-knit community of people who take pride in their hometown and its many offerings. The politics of Port Sanilac center around preserving this unique community and ensuring local resources are used efficiently to benefit all residents. Local politicians have focused on fostering economic growth by developing tourism and reviving downtown business districts while protecting natural resources such as Lake Huron and nearby forests. They also place a great emphasis on creating educational opportunities for the town's youth as well as supporting infrastructure that will continue to bring new people into the area. In addition, local representatives ensure that government services like public safety, healthcare, and transportation are readily available to all citizens of Port Sanilac.
The political climate in Port Sanilac, 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
Port Sanilac, 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.
Port Sanilac, 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 Port Sanilac, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)