Harvey, Michigan is a small city located in the southern part of the state. It is known for its strong sense of community and its vibrant culture. Despite its relatively small size, Harvey’s political scene is quite active and helps to shape the city’s future. The city is headed by an elected mayor and a seven-member city council that meets twice a month to discuss Harvey's initiatives. With elections regularly taking place, residents are actively engaged in politics and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to deciding who should lead their city. Local candidates come from different backgrounds and philosophies, giving voters plenty of choices when they cast their ballots. No matter who is chosen as mayor or council members, they all work together to make sure that Harvey remains a vibrant and prosperous place for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Harvey, MI is leaning conservative.
Marquette County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Marquette County, MI 54.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained strongly Democratic, 54.5% to 43.4%.
Marquette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harvey, MI is leaning conservative.
Marquette County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Marquette 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.
Harvey, Michigan: D d D D d D
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 Harvey, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,265 contributions totaling $174,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $90,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)