The city of St. Ignace, Michigan (49781) is part of the Mackinac County area, and is governed by a mayor and city council. The current mayor is Connie Litzner, who was elected to serve a four-year term in 2018. The City Council consists of seven members, all elected from each ward of the city. In 2018 three council members were re-elected in their respective wards, with four new members being elected to replace those retiring or reaching their term limits.
Local government in St. Ignace aims to ensure that the citizens' needs are met and that their rights are respected. It strives to provide an open and transparent government that works hard to strengthen the community through economic development, environmental protection, and services such as public safety and recreation for its residents. It also serves as an advocate for local businesses and organizations while promoting growth through business development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 49781 (St. Ignace, MI) is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mackinac County, MI 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mackinac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Mackinac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49781 (St. Ignace, MI) is moderately conservative.
St. Ignace, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Mackinac County, Michigan is moderately 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.
St. Ignace, 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 49781 (St. Ignace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $28,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $8,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)