The city of Sturgis, MI is located in the south-western part of the state and has an estimated population of 11,500 people. The political landscape in Sturgis is dominated by the Republican Party. The mayor of the city is Mark Sommers, a Republican who was elected in 2019. The two city commissioners are also Republicans: John Taylor and Bill Whitbeck. At the county level, St Joseph County is represented primarily by Republicans; there are currently three members on the County Board of Commissioners out of seven seats. These include Commissioner Dale Easton, Commission Scott Shriver and Commissioner Steve Ross. In addition to these local politicians, there are also some state representatives for Sturgis that have been selected by primary elections and general elections for local voters to choose from. These representatives serve in both the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate to promote policies that benefit the citizens of Sturgis.
The political climate in Zip 49091 (Sturgis, MI) is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49091 (Sturgis, MI) is strongly conservative.
Sturgis, Michigan is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis 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.
Sturgis, 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 49091 (Sturgis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $16,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $24,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)