Walker, MI 49544 is known as a community that is politically involved in local elections. Located just outside of Grand Rapids, the city is home to many voters who are committed to the development and maintenance of their community. The majority of the population choose to vote for candidates that they trust will take action for the betterment of their district. Election cycles tend to be very competitive in Walker, with many citizens taking part in town hall meetings and other events to ensure that their voice is heard during election season. Voters here tend to lean towards more progressive platforms and values such as environmental protection, education reform, and economic development initiatives. With each election cycle, Walker remains a strong symbol of democracy in Grand Rapids.
The political climate in Zip 49544 (Walker, MI) is leaning liberal.
Kent County, MI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MI 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.8%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49544 (Walker, MI) is leaning liberal.
Walker, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Kent County, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning 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.
Walker, Michigan: R R d r r 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 49544 (Walker)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $9,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $24,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)