The city of Holton, MI (49425) is located in Muskegon County. It is a small town that prides itself on its rural and small-town charm. There are several local political candidates who are running for office in Holton, but unfortunately, their names are not included in the content above. The politics of Holton center around the people who live there, as well as the businesses and organizations that make up the community. Local issues that often come up include support for small businesses, environmental concerns, and infrastructure needs like road maintenance. The major political parties don’t always have a large presence in this area — instead it’s usually individuals with clear visions for how to improve the lives of people living in Holton that often become prominent candidates during election season.
The political climate in Zip 49425 (Holton, MI) is somewhat 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 49425 (Holton, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Holton, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Holton, 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 49425 (Holton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $1,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)