The small town of 48888 Stanton, MI is a tight-knit community with a long history. Its vibrant and engaged population takes great pride in the city’s heritage and works to make it a safe and thriving place for residents to live. The politics of the town are highly participatory, with many locals taking part in local elections, attending town hall meetings, and engaging in dialogue on political issues. In recent years, the city has elected both Democrats and Republicans to serve as representatives at various levels of government. Residents are passionate about the impact their politicians have on the community, whether it be through legislation or policy changes that protect air quality or bring improvements to public safety. The city continues to strive towards bettering its citizens’ lives while maintaining its commitment to traditional values of justice and fairness for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 48888 (Stanton, MI) is very conservative.
Montcalm County, MI is very conservative. In Montcalm County, MI 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montcalm county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Montcalm county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48888 (Stanton, MI) is very conservative.
Stanton, Michigan is very conservative.
Montcalm County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Stanton, 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 48888 (Stanton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $5,924 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)