Hartland, MI is a small town in Livingston County, with a population of around 8,500 people. The city has two local government bodies which oversee local political issues: the Hartland City Council and the Hartland Township Board. The City Council is responsible for many of the day-to-day tasks, such as setting policy on issues like zoning and animal control. The Township Board oversees larger projects, such as budgeting and infrastructure. Both entities are elected by the residents of Hartland for terms of four years each. Local elections are held every two years and feature candidates from both major political parties. Residents have a strong sense of pride in their community and take an active role in ensuring that it remains a safe and vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Hartland township, 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
Hartland township, 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.
Hartland township, 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 Hartland township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,947 contributions totaling $549,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,981 contributions totaling $416,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)