Politics in Beechwood, MI are an important part of the day-to-day life for many residents. The city is governed by a local mayor and city council, who set the laws and regulations that govern the area. Local elections are held every two years to elect officials to represent Beechwood in local government. There are also a number of state representatives representing Beechwood in Michigan's state government. Many important discussions take place at meetings of the City Council, which allow citizens to voice their opinions on how Beechwood should be run. Additionally, members of the community often come together to support political causes or protest issues that they feel strongly about. Politics are a major part of life in Beechwood, MI and many people take it seriously as they have an active stake in their city's future.
The political climate in Beechwood, MI is somewhat conservative.
Ottawa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Ottawa County, MI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.4%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beechwood, MI is somewhat conservative.
Ottawa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Beechwood, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Beechwood, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,530 contributions totaling $253,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,138 contributions totaling $817,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $718 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)