Heath, MI is a small city located in the heart of Michigan. It has a population of approximately 2,500 people and is governed by the city council of Heath. The council consists of seven members elected to four-year terms on a non-partisan basis. Elections are held during the first Tuesday in November of every even year, with three seats up for election each time. The mayor of Heath is elected directly by residents and serves as the head of government and presides over all meetings of the city council. Local political candidates running for office generally emphasize issues such as fiscal responsibility, economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, environmental sustainability and community engagement. Residents take an active role in local politics and strive to make Heath a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Heath, MI is strongly conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Heath, MI is strongly conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Heath, 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 Heath, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $73,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $28,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)