Howard City, MI is a small town located in Montcalm County. Although it has a relatively small population of just over 1,600 people, the politics of the town are still an important part of the community. The city is run by a mayor-council system, where the mayor and their team of council members make decisions about how to best serve the town's needs. Recently, Howard City has seen many political changes as new candidates have stepped up to lead their constituents. These candidates have focused on issues such as local infrastructure development, job growth and economic revitalization within the city. They have also discussed ways to make sure that all citizens have access to quality healthcare and educational opportunities. As elections continue to occur throughout Howard City, it will be interesting to see what changes come about due to these new leadership roles.
The political climate in Howard City, MI is strongly 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
Howard City, MI is strongly 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.
Howard City, 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 Howard City, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $2,252 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)