49437 Montague, MI is a small rural town located in Muskegon County with around 2,500 residents. The town is known for its close-knit community and local pride. In terms of politics, the area leans heavily towards conservative values and have elected Republican candidates to represent them in various elections. The most recent election was won by incumbent Bill Huizenga for the United States House of Representatives with 66% of the vote. Montague residents have also voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 2 which seeks to add an amendment to the state constitution protecting traditional marriage. Overall, it seems that Montague remains loyal to their conservative ideals when choosing political representatives and voting on important ballot initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 49437 (Montague, 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 49437 (Montague, MI) is leaning conservative.
Montague, 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.
Montague, 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 49437 (Montague)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $30,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $31,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)