49460 West Olive, MI is a small community located in Ottawa County. With a population of just over 4,000 people, the area is largely rural with some light industry and agricultural production. The politics of the area tend to be moderate and conservative, leaning towards Republican candidates in most elections. Local politicians focus on topics such as education, infrastructure improvement, and economic growth for the area. There are many local organizations that work to ensure that everyone in the community has access to their rights and opportunities. Additionally, there are several public events each year to bring awareness to local issues and promote civic engagement among citizens.
The political climate in Zip 49460 (West Olive, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Ottawa County, MI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.4%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49460 (West Olive, MI) is moderately conservative.
West Olive, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, Michigan is moderately 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.
West Olive, 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 49460 (West Olive)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $36,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $19,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)