Galesburg, MI is located in Kalamazoo County and is home to just over 3,000 residents. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with the current mayor being Kenneth G. Testani. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected at-large from the community. All council members serve four-year terms and elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. Galesburg has several active political organizations, such as the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party, as well as numerous local candidates running for state and federal offices every election cycle. The city also hosts a variety of civic events and forums throughout the year where residents can engage their elected officials and learn more about local issues. The city prides itself on its commitment to open dialogue and transparency between citizens and their leaders.
The political climate in Zip 49053 (Galesburg, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, MI is moderately liberal. In Kalamazoo County, MI 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kalamazoo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 39.5%.
Kalamazoo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49053 (Galesburg, MI) is leaning liberal.
Galesburg, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Kalamazoo-Portage 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.
Galesburg, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 49053 (Galesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $42,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)