St. Charles, MI is a rural community located in Mid-Michigan, about an hour northwest of Lansing. It is a small town with a population of just under 1,500 people, allowing for a tight-knit and close-knit community with many longtime residents. When it comes to politics, St. Charles generally leans conservative and votes Republican in most local and national elections. The town hosts local non-partisan elections every two years for various city offices such as mayor, city council members, and park commissioners. These candidates are usually well known in the community and often hold active roles outside of their elected office as well. Participation in these local elections is strong as the people of St. Charles care deeply about the future of their town and strive to make sure it remains healthy and prosperous for generations to come.
The political climate in St. Charles, MI is leaning 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
St. Charles, MI is leaning 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.
St. Charles, 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 St. Charles, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $7,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $6,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)