Harbor Beach, Michigan is a small city located on the shores of Lake Huron. It has a strong sense of community and its citizens take great pride in their local politics. The City Council consists of eight members who are elected by popular vote for two year terms. Each member works hard to represent the views and interests of their constituents, and to make sure that the city's needs are met. They hold regular meetings to discuss issues that affect the people in Harbor Beach, and strive to create policies that will benefit everyone in the city. The Mayor is also elected by popular vote for a four-year term, and they serve as the leader of Harbor Beach's government. The Mayor works closely with the City Council to ensure that all decisions made reflect what is best for the community and its citizens.
The political climate in Harbor Beach, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harbor Beach, MI is strongly conservative.
Huron County, Michigan is very 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.
Harbor Beach, 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 Harbor Beach, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $10,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $366 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)