Hamburg, MI is a small city located in Livingston County. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by the Hamburg Township Board, consisting of five elected members who are responsible for setting policy for the town. The Board works to ensure that the citizens of Hamburg have safe roads and access to basic public services like water and sewer systems. In addition, they strive to promote economic development through business attraction initiatives and job creation efforts. On election day, voters in Hamburg may choose between several local political candidates representing different parties. These candidates each have their own platforms on which they can communicate their goals and objectives for the city. Voting decisions are made based on these platforms as well as individual preferences in order to make sure that the best candidate wins office.
The political climate in Zip 48139 (Hamburg, MI) is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48139 (Hamburg, MI) is moderately conservative.
Hamburg, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Hamburg, 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 48139 (Hamburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)