Galesburg, MI is a small town located in Kalamazoo County with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and six city council members who are elected to serve four year terms. The city council meets regularly to discuss local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and leisure services. Galesburg has an open government policy that strives to make decisions that are in the best interest of the citizens. Local political candidates are actively engaged in reaching out to the community and building relationships through their campaigns. They also host various events throughout the year where residents can interact with each other and voice their opinions on matters pertaining to local politics.
The political climate in Galesburg, MI is somewhat liberal.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galesburg, MI is somewhat liberal.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Galesburg, Michigan: d d D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Galesburg, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $42,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)