49079 Paw Paw, MI is a small town located in southwestern Michigan. As a relatively rural area, the politics of this community are largely centered around the values of traditional family life and conservative beliefs. In terms of local representation, there are several political candidates who have expressed interest in running for office in the 49079 Paw Paw, MI area. These potential candidates focus on issues such as maintaining small businesses, protecting the environment, and keeping taxes low. They also advocate for improving infrastructure in order to increase economic development in the area. The citizens of 49079 Paw Paw, MI are interested in making sure that their voices are heard when it comes to local politics and are willing to take action towards improving their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 49079 (Paw Paw, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49079 (Paw Paw, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Paw Paw, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Paw Paw, Michigan: r r d d 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 49079 (Paw Paw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 705 contributions totaling $22,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $18,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)