The city of Walhalla, MI, located in Oceana County, is primarily a rural area with a population of just over 2,000 people. Despite its size, however, Walhalla is home to a vibrant political landscape and has featured many successful local candidates from both major parties. On the local level, the mayor of Walhalla is elected every four years and currently serves alongside a six-member City Council. The City Council holds meetings regularly throughout the year to discuss new initiatives and ordinances for the citizens of Walhalla. The community furthermore enjoys representation in Lansing through state representatives from Michigan’s 34th District that includes Oceana County and parts of Muskegon County. While candidates from different political parties have differences in their visions for our city and state, they all work together to ensure that Walhalla remains an excellent place to live with plenty of opportunities for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 49458 (Walhalla, MI) is moderately conservative.
Mason County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mason County, MI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49458 (Walhalla, MI) is moderately conservative.
Walhalla, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ludington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Walhalla, Michigan: R R d 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 49458 (Walhalla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)