St. Louis, MI is a small city located in Saginaw County with a population of 4,616 according to the 2010 census. As the city's government consists of a mayor and four council members, local politics are focused on the day-to-day operations of the city. Issues discussed in local politics include improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, promoting economic development, and encouraging social activities among citizens. The current mayor of St. Louis is Jonathon Smith who was elected in 2020, while the four council members are Pat Wingerd (Ward 1), David Brixie (Ward 2), Eric Stevens (Ward 3), and Matt Johnson (Ward 4). Each one of these officials work together to ensure that St. Louis remains a safe and prosperous community for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 48880 (St. Louis, MI) is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, MI is strongly conservative. In Gratiot County, MI 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gratiot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.0%.
Gratiot county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48880 (St. Louis, MI) is strongly conservative.
St. Louis, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Gratiot County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Alma Metro Area is strongly 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.
St. Louis, Michigan: R R d 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 48880 (St. Louis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $5,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $4,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)