Fennville, Michigan 49408 is a small town located in the southwest corner of the state. It is an agricultural community with many farms and is known for its quaint charm. The politics in Fennville are much like any other small town in America. Most of the local political candidates come from within the community and are well-known by local residents. The major issues that they focus on are often related to the economy, education, infrastructure, public safety, and environmental protection. While Fennville may not be at the center of national attention or have its own elected officials, it still has a strong sense of civic engagement as issues that directly affect the citizens here are discussed and debated vigorously. Residents take pride in being informed about local politics and actively participate in elections when they come around.
The political climate in Zip 49408 (Fennville, MI) is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49408 (Fennville, MI) is moderately conservative.
Fennville, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Fennville, 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 49408 (Fennville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $45,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $9,693 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)