Saginaw, MI is located in the 48638 zip code and is located in Saginaw County. Politics in Saginaw are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, with many prominent local candidates representing the party. Prominent Democrats include Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and U.S. Senator Gary Peters. The local government is also largely controlled by Democrats, as they hold a majority on the county commission and a majority on the city council. In addition to these major elected officials, there are many other Democratic candidates who are running for office at the local level in Saginaw. These candidates are focused on ensuring that public services such as education and healthcare remain accessible to all residents of Saginaw, regardless of socio-economic status or political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 48638 (Saginaw, MI) is leaning liberal.
Saginaw County, MI is leaning liberal. In Saginaw County, MI 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, Saginaw county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.1%.
Saginaw county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48638 (Saginaw, MI) is leaning liberal.
Saginaw, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Saginaw County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48638 (Saginaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $62,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $13,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)