Harris, MI is a small town located in the lower portion of Michigan's lower peninsula. The town is governed by a Board of Trustees, which consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of Harris to represent their interests and serve on the board for four-year terms. The mayor is also an elected position that acts as the head of the Town government. There is also a Town Manager that serves as the day-to-day administrator for Harris. The town's politics focus mainly on improving the quality of life for all citizens in Harris and ensuring efficient delivery of services such as police, fire and public works. As such, local political candidates generally focus on issues like improving public safety, expanding economic development opportunities, providing better infrastructure and educational resources to constituents, and maintaining fiscal responsibility within the municipality.
The political climate in Harris, MI is strongly conservative.
Menominee County, MI is strongly conservative. In Menominee County, MI 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menominee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.2%.
Menominee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harris, MI is strongly conservative.
Menominee County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Marinette Metro Area 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.
Harris, Michigan: r r D 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 Harris, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $15,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $18,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)