St. Ignace Township, MI is a small community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Local politics are primarily concerned with keeping the township running smoothly and managing resources responsibly. The St. Ignace Township Board of Trustees meets on the second Tuesday of each month to address issues related to local government, zoning, public safety, and more. Additionally, there are other elected officials responsible for different departments such as Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor and Highway Commissioner who work together to ensure the residents have access to all necessary services. Residents are encouraged to stay engaged with local politics through attending meetings or joining various committees set up by the Board of Trustees to discuss current topics and their impact on the township.
The political climate in St. Ignace township, MI is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mackinac County, MI 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mackinac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Mackinac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Ignace township, MI is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, Michigan is moderately 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.
St. Ignace township, 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 St. Ignace township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 351 contributions totaling $32,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $9,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)