Deckerville, MI is a small town located in Sanilac County with a population of approximately 745. Despite its size, Deckerville has an active and engaged political scene. The town council is led by Mayor Scott Bushman and the other members are Robert Leese, Barb Kott, Jennifer Bair, Joe O'Keefe and Mike O'Brien. The council meets regularly to discuss issues related to the community such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development and more. There are also several local organizations that serve to educate citizens about important topics such as voting rights and government policy. Despite not having any major political candidates representing it in the national or state level offices, Deckerville residents are highly involved in their local politics and take pride in the decisions their leaders make on behalf of their community.
The political climate in Zip 48427 (Deckerville, MI) is very conservative.
Sanilac County, MI is very conservative. In Sanilac County, MI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanilac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Sanilac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48427 (Deckerville, MI) is very conservative.
Deckerville, Michigan is very conservative.
Sanilac County, Michigan is very conservative.
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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.
Deckerville, 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 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 48427 (Deckerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,373 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)