St. Clair, MI is a small rural village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The town has a population of approximately 1,500 people and is nestled among the area’s rolling hills and lush forests. Despite its small size, St. Clair is an active political center with several local political candidates running for various offices. The elections in St. Clair are always hotly contested as local residents take part in lively debates over issues like taxes, education and health care. No matter who wins or loses each election cycle, it is sure that the people of St. Clair will continue to have their voices heard through the democratic process of voting for their elected officials.
The political climate in St. Clair, MI is moderately conservative.
St. Clair County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Clair County, MI 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.0%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Clair, MI is moderately conservative.
St. Clair County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat 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. Clair, Michigan: r r d 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. Clair, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $17,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $69,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $419 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)