The city of Kentwood, MI (49512) is located in the Greater Grand Rapids area of Michigan. It is a relatively small city, with a population of about 51,000 people. Despite its size, Kentwood has an active political scene with several local candidates running for office in various elections. This includes candidates from major parties such as the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as independent and third party candidates. The city of Kentwood is represented by members in both the state House of Representatives and Senate, as well as Congress. There are also local government offices that the citizens can vote for such as Mayor and City Council Members. These elections provide an important voice in how the city will be run and decisions that will be made. All citizens should make sure to exercise their right to vote so they can have their voices heard on all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 49512 (Kentwood, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49512 (Kentwood, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kentwood, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Kentwood, Michigan: R R d r r 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 49512 (Kentwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 498 contributions totaling $171,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $467,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,917 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)