The politics of Muskegon, MI revolves around the issues that are important to the community. Local leaders focus on developing a strong economy, providing quality education, creating safe neighborhoods, and keeping taxes low. In recent elections, candidates have discussed ways to create jobs for local citizens and how to attract new businesses to the area. There is also an emphasis on improving infrastructure and the environment through initiatives such as protecting local waterways and restoring green spaces. All of these ideas come from local residents who are passionate about their city's future, which reflects in the diverse political landscape of Muskegon.
The political climate in Muskegon, MI is leaning liberal.
Muskegon County, MI is leaning liberal. In Muskegon County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskegon county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 48.8%.
Muskegon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muskegon, MI is leaning liberal.
Muskegon County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Muskegon Metro Area is leaning 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.
Muskegon, Michigan: D D D D d 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 Muskegon, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,601 contributions totaling $203,960 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 803 contributions totaling $260,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)