White River, MI is an area with a long history of political activity. The city has seen many changes in its political landscape over the years. For many years, people in White River have been engaged in local government and have taken part in debates about local issues. Currently, the town has a mayor and a city council made up of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. They work together to make decisions on the town's budget, community services, infrastructure and more. Each year residents can participate in local elections to choose their representatives for the city council. Residents also take part in various town meetings throughout the year to discuss important issues that affect their community. With such a diverse population and active involvement of citizens, White River is sure to continue to be an area with vibrant politics for many years to come.
The political climate in White River, MI is somewhat conservative.
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
White River, MI is somewhat conservative.
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.
White River, 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 White River, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $30,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $31,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)