Valley, MI has a vibrant political scene that is fueled by the passionate citizens. Local elections are hotly contested and local political candidates take part in debates to make their voice heard and to promote their visions of the future. During election season, Valley can be found discussing the issues that matter most to them, such as education, health care, transportation, and economic development. The city has seen great progress over the last decade thanks to strong leadership from both local and national officials. The residents of Valley take an active role in their community and it shows through their involvement in local politics.
The political climate in Valley, MI is strongly 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
Valley, MI is strongly 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.
Valley, 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 Valley, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 634 contributions totaling $75,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $26,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)