Harbor Springs, MI is a quaint city situated in the northwestern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula. While the town has a small population of around 1,800 people, it has plenty of charm and attractions. Politically, Harbor Springs is part of Emmet County and falls under the jurisdiction of the Republican party. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in 49740 Harbor Springs area, but citizens can still get involved in civic activities by attending local meetings and participating in events hosted by their elected officials. By doing so, citizens can learn more about their representatives, voice their opinions on important matters and become more engaged with their community overall.
The political climate in Zip 49740 (Harbor Springs, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49740 (Harbor Springs, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Harbor Springs, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Emmet County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Harbor Springs, 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 49740 (Harbor Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 690 contributions totaling $137,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $255,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $714 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)