Marine City, MI (48039) is a small city located in the U.S. state of Michigan on the St. Clair River. It has a rich history dating back to 1834 and is a popular tourist destination for its waterfront views. In terms of politics, Marine City is part of the Michigan House of Representatives District 81 and served by Representative Sarah Lightner since 2016. At the county level, Marine City falls within St. Clair County's 24th District which is represented by Senator Dan Lauwers. At the national level, Marine City is part of Michigan’s 10th congressional district and represented by Congressman Paul Mitchell since 2015. As its representatives are all Republicans, Marine City holds conservative values and works towards improving the quality of life in their community through legislation that focuses on economic development, job growth and better educational opportunities for local students.
The political climate in Zip 48039 (Marine City, MI) is strongly 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
Zip 48039 (Marine City, MI) is strongly conservative.
Marine City, Michigan is strongly 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.
Marine City, 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 zip 48039 (Marine City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $7,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $17,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)