49090 South Haven, MI is a small community in the United States. It is located in southwestern Michigan and is home to a population of over 8,000 people as of 2020. As with many other cities across the country, South Haven has local politicians who are responsible for representing their constituents and making sure that the city's needs are met. These politicians work hard to create laws and policies that will benefit the citizens of South Haven. They also strive to ensure that all citizens have access to social services, quality education, and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, they work diligently to attract new businesses and jobs to the area so that residents can benefit from an economically prosperous community.
The political climate in Zip 49090 (South Haven, 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 49090 (South Haven, MI) is somewhat conservative.
South Haven, 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.
South Haven, 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 49090 (South Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 807 contributions totaling $67,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $64,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)