Allegan, MI is a small community located in the southwestern portion of Michigan. The city has a long history of civic engagement and local political involvement. Each year, local elections determine who will serve as the mayor and four council members on the Allegan City Council. Additionally, citizens have the opportunity to vote for members of the school board who are responsible for the educational policies in local schools. Despite its small population, Allegan is an active participant in state and national politics, ensuring that its voice is heard when decisions affecting the community are made.
The political climate in Allegan, MI is somewhat conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Allegan, MI is somewhat conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Allegan, 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 Allegan, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $27,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $16,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)