The small town of 48655 Saint Charles, MI is known for its close-knit community. The people of this town are proud of their roots and continue to remain actively involved in local politics. Residents take part in local elections by voting for candidates they believe will make decisions that are best for the community. The town is represented by a variety of political candidates from different walks of life who are making strides to make a better future for the citizens of 48655 St. Charles, MI. Through their actions, these candidates are helping to shape the way the town is run, from its operations all the way down to its core values.
The political climate in Zip 48655 (Saint Charles, MI) is somewhat conservative.
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 48655 (Saint Charles, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Saint Charles, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
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.
Saint Charles, 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 48655 (Saint Charles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $2,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $2,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)