The politics of Muskegon Heights, MI are largely focused on local issues that affect the well-being of its citizens. The city is served by a Board of Commissioners that works to make decisions in the best interest of its constituents. The commission also works to ensure efficient and responsible management of the city's finances as well as compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. In addition, candidates running for local office often focus on improving infrastructure and public services as well as providing opportunities for economic development. Such initiatives involve collaboration between local government, business leaders, and community members in order to achieve meaningful change in Muskegon Heights.
The political climate in Muskegon Heights, MI is somewhat 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 Heights, MI is somewhat 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 Heights, 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 Heights, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $28,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $17,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)