The small town of Covert, Michigan (49043) is home to a community of around 800 residents who regularly participate in local politics. Although Covert does not have any current local political candidates, the residents have been actively involved in community decision-making and development. Through their participation, they help shape the future of the town by advocating for their needs and issues that affect the everyday life of their community. This includes public works projects such as street repairs and improvements, initiatives to improve access to quality education and health care services, and environmental protection efforts to ensure Covert remains a beautiful place to live. The people of Covert work hard together to make sure their voices are heard and their opinions are respected so that they can create an ideal environment for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 49043 (Covert, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Van Buren County, MI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49043 (Covert, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Covert, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Van Buren County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Kalamazoo-Portage Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Covert, Michigan: r r d d 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 49043 (Covert)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $423 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)