Norton Shores, MI is a vibrant community located in Muskegon County with a population of 24,132. The city has an elected mayor and council form of government and is overseen by Mayor Douglas A. Bird. Council members include Brian Werschem, Larry Rill, Rich Wezensky, Joe Germanson, Mark Konczal, Timothy Sanborn and Emily Kieliszewski. The city is also represented by state legislators such as Rep Holly Hughes and Senator Jon Bumstead. Norton Shores prides itself on its focus on local issues that promote economic growth and provide quality services to its citizens. In recent years, the city has been actively involved in increasing public safety efforts and investing in infrastructure improvements throughout the area. Residents here are passionate about their involvement in local politics and take great pride in making sure the voice of their community is heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 49441 (Norton Shores, MI) is leaning liberal.
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 49441 (Norton Shores, MI) is leaning liberal.
Norton Shores, Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Norton Shores, 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 49441 (Norton Shores)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,582 contributions totaling $116,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 398 contributions totaling $139,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)