Delton, MI is a small community located in Barry County. It has a population of just over 1,500 people and is known for its rural charm and sense of community. The local politics in Delton are centered around the city council and other municipal positions like mayor and treasurer. Each year citizens have the opportunity to vote on who will represent them in these roles. The city council works together to make decisions that affect the local area like budgeting for infrastructure, schools, parks, and more. Candidates must show that they have the best interests of the town at heart if they want to be elected into office. This helps ensure that only those who truly care about the future of Delton are running for political office.
The political climate in Zip 49046 (Delton, MI) is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49046 (Delton, MI) is strongly conservative.
Delton, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan 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.
Delton, 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 49046 (Delton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $28,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $8,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)