Greenville, MI is a small rural town located in Montcalm County. As such, it does not have a large local political presence. However, the town is governed by the Greenville City Council, which has five members who are each voted into office by the residents of Greenville. The council works closely with the mayor to create policies and make decisions for the town. The city also holds regular elections for various local offices such as mayor, clerk, treasurer, and other positions. Each election brings in new candidates from different backgrounds and perspectives to represent the citizens of Greenville. It is through this process that local politics have an impact on the people of Greenville and their quality of life.
The political climate in Greenville, MI is moderately conservative.
Montcalm County, MI is very conservative. In Montcalm County, MI 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montcalm county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Montcalm county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville, MI is moderately conservative.
Montcalm County, Michigan is very 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.
Greenville, 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 Greenville, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $14,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $15,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)