Hopkins, Michigan is a small town located in Allegan County. It has a population of just over 500 people and is governed by an elected mayor. Although the local political scene does not feature many candidates or parties, the citizens of Hopkins have the opportunity to participate in local elections. The mayor and other positions are chosen from those running during each election cycle. Voters in Hopkins may take part by attending town meetings or registering to vote ahead of time. Local issues, such as zoning regulations, taxes, economic development projects and school funding often garner attention from voters who want to ensure that their voices are heard. Through this process, residents can actively contribute to decisions that will help shape and improve their community for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 49328 (Hopkins, 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 49328 (Hopkins, MI) is strongly conservative.
Hopkins, 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.
Hopkins, 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 49328 (Hopkins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $2,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)