Hamilton, Michigan is located in Allegan County and is part of the greater Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Although it is a relatively small city, there are still many politics at play within Hamilton. The political system in Hamilton is currently overseen by a five member city council, all of which are elected to four year terms by the residents of the city. These members are responsible for making executive decisions about the day-to-day operations of the city. Additionally, they vote on laws and regulations that affect the entire community. The current mayor of Hamilton is Randall Wernet, who was elected in 2018. In addition to local government officials, there are also state representatives from Hamilton who must be voted upon every two years. Overall, politics play an important role in keeping Hamilton a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 49419 (Hamilton, MI) is strongly 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 49419 (Hamilton, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hamilton, Michigan is strongly 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.
Hamilton, 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 49419 (Hamilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)