Twin Lake, MI 49457 is a small community located in Muskegon County. It is a peaceful and close-knit town with a population of around 4,000 people. Despite its small size, the political dynamics of Twin Lake are still complex. Like any other locality in Michigan, it has representatives that are elected to serve the local residents at both the state and federal level. These representatives are responsible for making sure that the needs of Twin Lake’s citizens are addressed through legislation and other initiatives. The town holds local elections periodically for positions such as mayor or council members. Furthermore, Twin Lake residents can participate in larger elections that decide who represents them at higher levels of government such as governors or senators.
The political climate in Zip 49457 (Twin Lake, MI) is leaning conservative.
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 49457 (Twin Lake, MI) is leaning conservative.
Twin Lake, Michigan is leaning conservative.
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.
Twin Lake, 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 49457 (Twin Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $5,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $17,811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $891 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)