The Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area is home to many diverse political perspectives and a variety of candidates. While the population of the area cannot be defined in one generalizations, it is known that people from all walks of life are represented here. The region is also a major center for politics with both state and national level candidates campaigning here. Locally, many important political figures, such as Kent County Commissioner Phil Skaggs and former Mayor Rosalynn Bliss have held office in the past. Currently, there are numerous candidates vying to become Mayor of Grand Rapids or represent the area in Congress or state legislature. As Grand Rapids-Wyoming continues to grow, citizens should stay tuned to see who will be elected into office and positively shape the future of this great city.
The political climate in Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metro area remained moderately Republican, 52.0% to 45.8%.
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,495 contributions totaling $3,354,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,994 contributions totaling $21,293,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,775 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)