Politics in 48469 Port Sanilac, MI are mostly dominated by the Republican party. The current mayor is Carl E. Reppenhagen, who was first elected in 1999 and has been re-elected four times since then. The city council consists of five members - two Republicans and three Democrats representing different wards within the city limits. Local elections for political office holders occur every two years, with the most recent election occurring in November 2019. With the 2020 election coming up soon, residents of Port Sanilac will be looking to their local candidates to represent their interests and make decisions that best benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 48469 (Port Sanilac, 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 48469 (Port Sanilac, MI) is very conservative.
Port Sanilac, 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.
Port Sanilac, 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 48469 (Port Sanilac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)