Montague, MI is a small town located on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is home to an active and engaged community that values its local politics. The Town Council is composed of several elected representatives who make decisions regarding local issues such as infrastructure, budgeting, economic development, and zoning. The current mayor is Joe Brown, who has been in office since 2017. Local residents can vote for their council members in November of every year. In addition to the Town Council members, Montague has two state representatives and one senator who are responsible for representing the town at the state level. Residents regularly attend public meetings to voice their opinions and stay informed about current topics in their local politics. With its strong sense of civic duty, Montague provides an exemplary model of successful community participation in government affairs.
The political climate in Montague, 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
Montague, MI 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.
Montague, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Montague, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $30,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $31,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)