The city of St. Ignace, MI is a small community located in the Upper Peninsula. It has a long and storied history as a place of political interest and activity. The local politics in St. Ignace are centered around the city's Mayor and City Council, which provide governance and oversight for the community. The City Council is made up of elected officials from each district, who work together to establish laws and regulations that serve their constituents. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to elect representatives for each district. Campaigns for these offices focus on issues affecting the town, such as jobs, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. The current Mayor is Jill Deschaine-Sarris who was elected in 2020 and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all residents in St. Ignace through her commitment to creating positive change within the community.
The political climate in St. Ignace, 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, 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, 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, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $28,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $8,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)