Saranac, MI is a small rural town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a tight-knit community where neighbors know each other and work together to make the town a better place to live. The local politics are very important in Saranac and residents take their political involvement seriously. The town has its own mayor, council members, and representatives that are voted for by the citizens of Saranac every two years. These officials work hard to keep the citizens informed on important decisions that may affect them and the future of the town. They also serve as advocates for their constituents and strive to make sure their needs are met. All of this makes Saranac an engaged community with strong local politics that help shape the future of this vibrant small town.
The political climate in Saranac, MI is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ionia County, MI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ionia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.8%.
Ionia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Saranac, MI is strongly conservative.
Ionia County, Michigan 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.
Saranac, 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 Saranac, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $23,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $22,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)