Cedar Springs, MI is a small town located in Kent County. The city is quite politically active, with a variety of interest groups and voting initiatives. There are several political parties represented in Cedar Springs, ranging from the Republican Party to the Green Party. Local elections are held every year to decide who will represent Cedar Springs in the county and state government, and voter turnout is usually high. Various issues such as taxes, infrastructure projects, environmental policies, education policies, and health care are all topics that are discussed during election cycles. Local candidates often host debates or public forums to discuss these issues with their constituents and hear out their opinions on how they should be handled. The people of Cedar Springs take great pride in participating in their local politics and making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Cedar Springs, MI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar Springs, MI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Cedar Springs, Michigan: R R d r r d
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 Cedar Springs, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $11,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $12,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)