Hastings, MI is a small city with a population of around 8,500 and located in the central region of Michigan. The city has a mayor-council government system that maintains the city's policies and services. The current mayor is Sara McNabb and the City Council consists of five members elected by the residents of Hastings. Elections for mayor and City Council members are held every two years on odd numbered years. The local political scene in Hastings is made up of both Democrats and Republicans, who often hold public gatherings to discuss their views on local issues such as taxes, education, economic development, public safety, parks and recreation programs, and other matters important to the community. Both sides try to convince citizens to vote for their candidates in order to ensure that their vision for the city gets implemented.
The political climate in Hastings, MI is moderately conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hastings, MI is moderately conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hastings, 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 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 Hastings, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 490 contributions totaling $16,578 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $105,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)