Newaygo, MI is a small city located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It is home to approximately 4,000 people and has a great sense of community. As part of the state of Michigan, Newaygo participates in local politics just like every other city and town in the state. Every two years, citizens get the chance to vote for their local representatives and leaders at the city level. These positions include mayor, council members, police chief, treasurer and more. The candidates that are running for office have been determined by local political organizations such as the Democratic Party or Republican Party and are typically discussed throughout the community during election season. Local citizens have a say in who is elected and have their voices heard when it comes to making decisions about how to best move forward with Newaygo's development.
The political climate in Zip 49337 (Newaygo, MI) is very conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49337 (Newaygo, MI) is very conservative.
Newaygo, Michigan is very conservative.
Newaygo County, Michigan is very conservative.
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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.
Newaygo, 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 49337 (Newaygo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $23,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $10,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)