The city of 49306 Belmont, MI is located in the northern portion of Michigan in Kent County. Politically speaking, the city has a Mayor-Council form of government with a seven-member city council that is elected at large by the residents of Belmont. The current mayor is Chris Funk and the members of city council are Courtney Lambers, Andrew Niedzwiecki, Robert Longstreet, Jacquelyn Kaczanowski, Eric VanDerKooi, Derek Crandell and Cindi King. Each member serves a four-year term and elections for mayor and Council seats are held every two years. The City Council is responsible for setting policies that guide the direction and day-to-day operations of local government. They also have influence over taxation and zoning laws in Belmont as well as providing services to citizens such as public education programs, infrastructure maintenance, and community development projects. Additionally, Belmont residents can register to vote through their local Secretary of State office or online at their website which allows them to fully participate in local political decisions that shape their community.
The political climate in Zip 49306 (Belmont, MI) is leaning conservative.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49306 (Belmont, MI) is leaning conservative.
Belmont, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Belmont, Michigan: R R d r r d
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 49306 (Belmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $20,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $30,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)