The city of Plainwell, MI is located in Allegan County and is home to a population of roughly 3,799 people. Plainwell is a small and tight knit community with deep roots in the area. Politically, the city leans slightly to the right; while the majority of registered voters are Republican, there is still a good number of Democrats in town as well. Local political candidates in 49080 Plainwell, MI place an emphasis on family values and quality of life within their platforms. The mayor and other local officials strive for consensus when making decisions that will affect the entire community, including things like improvements to infrastructure and economic development initiatives. Overall, politics in Plainwell, MI remain focused on what’s best for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 49080 (Plainwell, MI) is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, MI is strongly conservative. In Allegan County, MI 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.4%.
Allegan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49080 (Plainwell, MI) is moderately conservative.
Plainwell, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Allegan County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Holland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Plainwell, 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 49080 (Plainwell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,110 contributions totaling $34,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $26,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)