Whitehall, MI is a small town located in Muskegon County with a population of 2,706 according to the 2010 census. While it may be small in size, it has an active political scene. The government of Whitehall is led by Mayor John Post and includes four City Council members that are elected at large. The current Council Members are: Ray Arnett, Delores Orr-Baker, Jeffery Joseph and Stephen Kline. They serve two year terms and work together to make decisions for the city ranging from budgetary issues to local development initiatives. At the county level, Muskegon County's leadership is headed up by Commissioner Bob Scolnik who works with fellow Commissioners Marve Engle and Scott Plummer on many important community issues including economic development and public safety. Local residents can get involved in the political process by voting in elections or attending City Council meetings to voice their concerns or opinions about important matters.
The political climate in Zip 49461 (Whitehall, 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 49461 (Whitehall, MI) is leaning conservative.
Whitehall, 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.
Whitehall, 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 49461 (Whitehall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $14,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $11,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)