St. Clair, MI County is a vibrant community with a deep history of local politics. The county board of commissioners is elected by the citizens to govern on their behalf and make decisions about zoning, infrastructure, and other important issues for the community. The county is also home to many active political campaigns and organizations that engage citizens in the political process. Local candidates run for office regularly and are supported by a variety of grassroots organizations that are focused on making sure their voices are heard in the halls of power. St. Clair County residents take pride in their commitment to civic engagement and use their votes to elect leaders who will best represent them in local government.
The political climate in 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 County, MI 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,815 contributions totaling $415,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,206 contributions totaling $359,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)