Hartford, MI is a small city in Van Buren County with a population of around 2,500 people. It is governed by a mayor and six city council members who are elected on an at-large basis. The current mayor is Robert Bean, who was first elected to the position in 2016. The city council members each serve two-year terms and include Council President Don Davis, Vince Sallustio, Marci Groenewoud, Steven Ruleau, Michael Pingel, and Jackie Price. City government works to ensure Hartford's continued growth and prosperity through economic development initiatives such as job creation programs and downtown revitalization projects. As part of their commitment to the community they also provide numerous services including water management and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities. They are dedicated to providing excellent customer service to residents while maintaining fiscal responsibility in all of their actions.
The political climate in Zip 49057 (Hartford, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49057 (Hartford, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Hartford, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
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.
Hartford, Michigan: r r d d 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 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 49057 (Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,938 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $9,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)