Sandusky, MI is a small town in the greater Sanilac County area with a population of just over 3,000 people. The local political scene is largely influenced by the county and state level elections, as well as various special interests. At the county level, there are several important offices that are voted on including Sheriff, Prosecutor, Clerk/Register of Deeds and Treasurer. At the state level representatives from Michigan's 28th district serve Sandusky, along with those from other nearby towns. Depending on the year there may also be referendums or special elections taking place to determine changes to local infrastructure or funding for public programs. There are numerous local organizations dedicated to political causes that support candidates and affect policy change in Sandusky and surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 48471 (Sandusky, 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 48471 (Sandusky, MI) is very conservative.
Sandusky, 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.
Sandusky, 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 48471 (Sandusky)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $4,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $10,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)