49348 Wayland, MI is a small town located in Allegan County. It has a vibrant and engaged community that takes pride in its political involvement. The town is represented by Senator Tonya Schuitmaker, Representative Lynn Afendoulis, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer. These representatives advocate for the needs of the Wayland community, and work hard to ensure that local citizens are heard in Lansing. The local town government has also made significant progress over the past few years, focusing on issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic growth, public safety, and education reform. Residents of 49348 Wayland take their civic responsibility seriously by attending Town Hall meetings, participating in voter initiatives, and staying up-to-date on current political issues.
The political climate in Zip 49348 (Wayland, MI) is strongly 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 49348 (Wayland, MI) is strongly conservative.
Wayland, Michigan is strongly 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.
Wayland, 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 49348 (Wayland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $9,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $16,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)