Fruitport, MI is a small village located in Muskegon County. It is known for its family-oriented atmosphere and close-knit community. The politics of Fruitport are generally centered around town matters such as local taxes, zoning ordinances, public services, and other issues that affect the residents directly. In terms of local elections, 49415 Fruitport does not have any local candidates running for office. Voters in the area are mainly focused on casting their ballots for representatives at the county or state level who will represent their interests in Washington D.C.
The political climate in Zip 49415 (Fruitport, MI) is leaning conservative.
Muskegon County, MI is leaning liberal. In Muskegon County, MI 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskegon county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 48.8%.
Muskegon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49415 (Fruitport, MI) is leaning conservative.
Fruitport, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Muskegon County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Muskegon Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Fruitport, Michigan: D D D D d 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 49415 (Fruitport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $5,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $5,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)