Grand Junction, MI is located in Van Buren County and is a small rural community with a population of around 1,000 people. The area is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees elected from the local population. They are responsible for setting the taxes, determining local ordinances, making decisions on land use, and providing services to citizens. The Town Council has representatives from both major political parties as well as independent candidates. Civic engagement in the area is high and there are numerous opportunities for residents to get involved with their local politics by attending meetings or voting in elections. Residents can also contact their elected officials directly to have their concerns addressed. Grand Junction prides itself on its commitment to transparency and civic participation in order to ensure that all residents are provided with quality services while upholding their rights as citizens of the town.
The political climate in Zip 49056 (Grand Junction, MI) is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49056 (Grand Junction, MI) is moderately conservative.
Grand Junction, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Grand Junction, Michigan: r r d d 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 49056 (Grand Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $3,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $5,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)