Hart, MI is a small town located in Oceana County. It has a population of less than 2,000 people and is largely made up of blue-collar workers. Politically, the town is fairly conservative with the majority of voters leaning towards Republican candidates in elections. The current mayor is a Republican and they are supported by a City Council that is composed of four Republicans and two Democrats. In recent years, Hart has been represented well at the state level by conservative politicians who have been effective advocates for their constituents despite their minority status in the legislature. Each election cycle brings new faces to the political landscape as local residents choose their representatives for office. While these new candidates often have different approaches to governing, they all share a common goal: to serve the citizens of Hart with honor and integrity.
The political climate in Zip 49420 (Hart, MI) is strongly conservative.
Oceana County, MI is strongly conservative. In Oceana County, MI 35.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oceana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.1%.
Oceana county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49420 (Hart, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hart, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Oceana County, Michigan is strongly 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.
Hart, Michigan: R R d 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 49420 (Hart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $5,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)