Hamburg, Michigan is a small city located in Livingston County with a population of around 1,500 people. It serves as the county seat and is known for its quaint downtown and annual festivals. Hamburg's local politics are largely focused on serving the needs of the local community and ensuring growth and development within the city. Hamburg has a mayor-council form of government with a mayor, council members, treasurer, clerk, and assessor elected by residents of the city. Local issues discussed in Hamburg often include public infrastructure projects, economic development initiatives, controlling taxes, and supporting local businesses. The local election cycle typically sees candidates discuss their plans to improve quality of life in the city for current and future generations.
The political climate in Hamburg, MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamburg, MI is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Hamburg, 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 Hamburg, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,176 contributions totaling $497,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,353 contributions totaling $348,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)