Marne, MI is a small town located in the state of Michigan. It has a thriving community and is home to nearly 4,000 people. Politically, the town is part of Grand Rapids Township and is represented by Republican State Representative Lynn Afendoulis in the Michigan House of Representatives. The township itself elects a seven-member Board of Trustees who work together to make decisions about local issues such as roads and public services. Marne also has its own Town Council which meets regularly to discuss matters relevant to the town's residents. Local elections are held every two years for both boards and residents can participate by casting their vote at any polling station within the city limits on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 49435 (Marne, MI) is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, MI is moderately conservative. In Ottawa County, MI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.4%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49435 (Marne, MI) is moderately conservative.
Marne, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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.
Marne, 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 49435 (Marne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $7,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)