Montcalm County is located in the beautiful state of Michigan. It is home to a variety of green spaces, public parks, and trails for outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy. Politically, the county is part of the 85th District in the Michigan House of Representatives and the 33rd District in the Michigan Senate. The current representatives for these districts are Bruce Rendon and Ken Horn respectively. As a member of lower Michigan, Montcalm County has an active role in local decision making and works to ensure that all citizens have access to their rights and liberties. Local elections allow residents to make their voices heard on important issues like roads and infrastructure funding, education reform, taxes, economic development programs, public safety initiatives, and much more. Residents are encouraged to stay informed about politics in Montcalm County so they can make informed decisions at the polls each election season.
The political climate in 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
Montcalm County, MI 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.
Montcalm, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Montcalm County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 683 contributions totaling $30,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $39,463 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)