Covert, MI is a small town located in Michigan's Van Buren County. As the local government is relatively small, there are not many elected political positions within the town. However, the citizens of Covert are active in their local politics and regularly show up to city council meetings to voice their opinions on important local issues. Residents of Covert take pride in their community and are passionate about seeing it grow and thrive in the future. Local leaders work hard to make sure that Covert remains a safe, friendly place for everyone to live and work. The current mayor of Covert is Bob Shelly, who was recently elected for his second term and continues to be an advocate for his constituents. Along with Mayor Shelly, there are several members of the town council who serve as representatives for the people of Covert on matters ranging from infrastructure development and budget allocations to public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Covert, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Covert, MI is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
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.
Covert, Michigan: r r d d 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 Covert, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,067 contributions totaling $83,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $94,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)