Sault Ste. Marie, MI is a small city located in Chippewa County of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It has a strong sense of community and is an active participant in local politics. Politically speaking, Sault Ste. Marie is strongly Democratic, having voted for the Democratic candidate in every Presidential election since 1976. The city currently has five elected officials representing it at the state and federal level, including two U.S. Senators and one Congressman who are all Democrats, and two State Representatives who are both Republicans. The city also has an annual City Council election to decide on six council members from seven districts that represent the entire city. With this combination of representatives, Sault Ste. Marie ensures that its citizens' voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 49783 (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) is moderately conservative.
Chippewa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Chippewa County, MI 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.6%.
Chippewa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49783 (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) is moderately conservative.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Chippewa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Sault Ste. Marie, 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 49783 (Sault Ste. Marie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 458 contributions totaling $148,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $16,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)