The small town of Port Hope, Michigan, located in the Huron County area, is home to a diverse population of less than 1,000 people. The town is represented by elected officials from both the local and state levels of government. At the local level, representatives are voted on by residents to serve on the Port Hope City Council and set policies that affect the entire community. These representatives also work together with county and state elected officials to ensure that Port Hope’s interests are heard and addressed in government decisions. For example, recently the city council worked with their state representatives to pass legislation that increased funding for projects like road improvements in Port Hope. Additionally, local politicians help support initiatives such as increasing jobs in the area or making sure necessary resources are available in Port Hope for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 48468 (Port Hope, MI) is very conservative.
Huron County, MI is very conservative. In Huron County, MI 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.8%.
Huron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48468 (Port Hope, MI) is very conservative.
Port Hope, Michigan is very conservative.
Huron County, Michigan is very conservative.
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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.
Port Hope, 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 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 48468 (Port Hope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)