49227 Allen is a small town in Michigan that consists of a few neighborhoods and businesses. The town is governed by local officials elected by the residents every four years. At the forefront of local politics are issues such as balancing the budget, providing quality services, and maintaining an attractive environment for residents to live in. Local candidates focus on representing their constituents and making sure that their needs are met on all levels. These candidates prioritize taking care of the environment, ensuring public safety, improving infrastructure, celebrating diversity, and advocating for economic opportunities for all members of the community. Through these efforts, Allen remains a vibrant community where everyone can thrive.
The political climate in Zip 49227 (Allen, MI) is very conservative.
Hillsdale County, MI is very conservative. In Hillsdale County, MI 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsdale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Hillsdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49227 (Allen, MI) is very conservative.
Allen, Michigan is very conservative.
Hillsdale County, Michigan is very conservative.
Hillsdale Metro Area is very 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.
Allen, 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 49227 (Allen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)