The Saginaw Metropolitan Area is home to a diverse political landscape. The region is serviced by several local governments, including the City of Saginaw and its mayor, Timothy M. Barr, and Saginaw County, led by Chairman Michael P. Hanley. Additionally, the State of Michigan is represented by Senator Ken Horn and Representative Vanessa Guerra in the Michigan House of Representatives. At the federal level, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Representative Daniel Kildee are the voices for the area’s citizens in Washington D.C. Local politics in the Saginaw Metro Area are concerned primarily with issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety and health care access. Many of these issues have direct impacts on the region’s residents and businesses while others are part of broader conversations about national policies that affect all Americans regardless of where they live. Ultimately, it is up to each citizen to stay involved in local politics in order to ensure their voice is heard when decisions are made that will affect their lives and livelihoods.
The political climate in Saginaw Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Saginaw Metro Area 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, the Saginaw metro area flipped slightly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
The Saginaw metro area flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Saginaw, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Saginaw Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,013 contributions totaling $320,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,328 contributions totaling $306,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)