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Democratic · Macomb County Executive · Michigan · Spectrum score -46

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Mark Hackel is Macomb County Executive in Michigan. Political positions and ideology score -46 (Left). Mark Hackel is the Macomb County Executive in Michigan, the elected head of the county’s executive branch.

Phone
586-469-7001
Salary
—

County pay varies · not on file

Where Mark stands on the spectrum

Mark Hackel scores -46 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -46 · Left · economic -52 · social -45 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Mark Hackel is the Macomb County Executive in Michigan, the elected head of the county’s executive branch. A Democrat, he is on the 2026 ballot.

Local file. No DW-NOMINATE, no STOCK Act table. The score is a party-and-record estimate. Contact is from the public office listing.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic
-52
Social
-45
Authoritarian
-21
Confidence
68
  • Taxes & spending-50

    Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget

  • Health care-60

    Public or single-payer coverage as a right

  • Climate & energy-56

    Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down

  • Business regulation-48

    Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules

  • Labor & wages-46

    Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power

  • Immigration-40

    A broader legal path, less interior enforcement

  • Abortion-72

    Legal access, opposed to bans

  • Guns-54

    Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws

  • Crime & policing-24

    Reform, diversion, less incarceration

  • Schools & speech-48

    Public-school investment, DEI frameworks

  • Defense & alliances-14

    Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint

  • Civil liberties-28

    Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

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Sources

  • Macomb County Executive office
  • Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.

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Updated August 2026.