Ionia, MI, located in Ionia County, is home to a diverse and engaged population. The city has a history of participating in the democratic process, with citizens engaging in local politics and making their voices heard. Currently, Ionia has two city commissioners representing residents: Shannon Sykes-Nehring and Lenny Schneider. Both are committed to representing their constituents’ needs and delivering on the promises they made during their campaigns. Additionally, there are other elected officials who work for the community such as the County Commissioners, State Legislators, and Congress Representatives. All of these individuals have vested interests in ensuring that Ionia remains a vibrant community with an emphasis on economic growth and civic engagement. The City of Ionia encourages its citizens to get involved in local politics through attending meetings and voicing opinions on matters that affect them directly or indirectly. Through this kind of participation, citizens have an opportunity to ensure that government works for them and not against them.
The political climate in Zip 48846 (Ionia, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ionia County, MI is strongly conservative. In Ionia County, MI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ionia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.8%.
Ionia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48846 (Ionia, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ionia, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ionia County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
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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.
Ionia, 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 zip 48846 (Ionia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $5,969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $2,932 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)