Congressional District 3 - Updated 2014 (MI-03)

2014 Update:
Brian Ellis is challenging Justin Amash in the primary. Ellis is running as an establishment social conservative attacking Amash on his abortion and 2nd Amendment votes. Bob Goodrich is a dem sacrificial lamb candidate. The primary could be quite interesting. Amash has a major following, but a lot of detractors as well.

MI-03 Update - 2013

The 2011 Update is here.

Incumbent – Justin Amash (R-Cascade Twp)

Years in office as of 2014 election - 4.

Challengers – Brian Ellis (R-Grand Rapids), Bob Goodrich (D-Kentwood)

2012:

Justin Amash – 171675 – 52.62%

Steve Pestka – 144108 – 44.17%

27567 vote difference

Romney – 177789 votes – 53.12%

Obama – 153081 votes – 45.74%

29325 vote difference.

2008:

McCain – 170694 votes – 48.60%

Obama – 174464 votes – 49.67%

-3770 vote difference

2004:

Bush – 193901 votes – 57.04%

Kerry – 141555 votes – 41.64%

38808 vote difference

Some pundits that don’t know Michigan always claim that Grand Rapids is the capital of “Republican West Michigan.” That’s not true (Ottawa County is). That hasn’t been true in a long time, if it was even true to begin with. The big Kent County strength of the GOP is in the suburbs. 2/3 of the vote in this district is in Kent County. Redistricting took two of the marginal suburbs out and into the MI-02. However, tougher Calhoun county was added instead. Barry and Ionia Counties are solidly GOP and added. Montcalm County’s Eureka Twp was also added.

A lot of work needs to be done here. In order for Michigan to be competitive statewide again, we need to at least get this back to the Bush numbers in Calhoun, Ionia, and Barry Counties, and better than that in Kent County.

For the map, I’ll use the same color code.

70%+Dem – Black

60%-69.99% - Blue

55%-59.99% - Slate Blue

50%-54.99% - Light Sky Blue

Less than 50% - Gold

R wins:

70%+Rep – Firebrick

60-69.99% - Red

55-59.99% - Orange Red

50-54.99% - Salmon

Less than 50% - Yellow

Tie – White

Top of the ticket R’s have taken a beating here compared to the old days. Kent County used to be a 60%+ county for years. Bush was held under 60% twice, winning by about 54,000 (countywide) both times. McCain lost Kent County completely along with the district. That was a disaster. He quit. Michigan hates quitters. Aberration. Romney was held to 53 and won by 17000 in Kent County. Bush had 58% and won by over twice that. Districtwide, Bush won with 57% and had twice what Romney had in the vote spread.

Kent County is 2/3 of the district. Romney recovered some from  McCain’s cratering here, but he did get less votes than him in Lowell. He also only got 400 more votes than him in Grand Rapids. Obama lost ground there, but here’s a comparison. Romney 28772 (35.73%), McCain 28372 (33.00%), Bush 36115 (43.61%). Bush ran about 7000 votes higher in outer Kent County (within the district) than Romney. There’s your main difference in the district.  The only reliable democrat area in the county is the City of Grand Rapids (and arguably now Kentwood in MI-02).

To the east is Ionia County which is between Lansing and Grand Rapids along I-96. It’s most known for the prison. It’s a base R county, although Bush did significantly better here than Romney and especially McCain. McCain was held to a 1500 vote spread. Romney 3300. Bush 6000. North Plains Township is the only area that went D the last three presidential elections, although Obama took Belding and Ionia twice (Bush won it). I’m not sure what’s significant about that area to make it so dem. Bush made it close and lost it by 25 votes. Romney lost it by 89 and McCain 128. Alamingly, Romney had only 150 more raw votes than McCain in the county even though he got 55.57% here to McCain’s 51.64%. Bush got over 60%. Romney had less votes in Belding, Boston Twp, Ionia, Ionia Twp (still flipped it from 08), Odessa Twp, and Orange Twp than McCain despite his percentages being better than McCain in all of them.  Portland on the east is closer to Lansing than Grand Rapids, so this area is influenced by two other areas.

Southwest of Ionia County is Barry County. It’s the county that is the crossroads of several cities in Michigan. Lansing to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek. Grand Rapids to Jackson. It’s usually a base R county. Bush got 59.51% here. McCain cratered here like most of West Michigan getting 53.75%, but Romney in percentage recovered most of it getting 58.41% here. However, Romney still only got 230 more votes than McCain. Obama just lost 2000 votes. McCain had more raw votes in Assyria twp, Castleton Twp, Hastings, Johnstown Twp, Maple Grove Twp, Orangeville Twp, Prairieville Twp, and Yankee Springs Twp. Hastings is quite alarming as Bush won it with 55.72% and Obama won it twice. This is a key county where we need to do well in order to win statewide.

To the South is Calhoun County, a quintessential swing county along the I-94 corridor. It voted for Gore narrowly, Bush narrowly, and Obama twice, narrowly the 2^nd time. It voted for dem Mark Schauer several times, but followed up with Mike Nofs, a moderate republican (Social conservative, pro-union) several times. It voted for Granholm and Mike Cox (over Gary Peters) in the same election back in 2002. To say that this is a key county is an understatement. Bush won the county by 2200 votes (51.21%) in 2004. 32093 votes to Kerry’s 29891. In 2004, McCain got 28553 and lost the county by 6000 votes. Obama had less votes than John Kerry the 2^nd time, but Romney had less votes than McCain. Obama won the 2^nd time by 934 votes (50.18%). Romney only had 28333 votes. That is not a recipe for victory – even as he ran 4% ahead of McCain.

There’s two major democrat areas in Calhoun County. Battle Creek and vicinity is the most well known (and Springfield/Bedford Twp might as well be Battle Creek). Battle Creek is democrat but not to the extent of many other core Michigan cities. Kerry only had 52.66% here. Nofs has won it in the past. Obama got 60.20% and later 57.72%, which is fairly high for the city. Bush got 46.60%, Romney 41.29%. Springfield is more dem than Battle Creek which is somewhat surprisingly since its whiter. Bush came within 3 votes of winning Bedford Twp. The big problem from a per capita standpoint is Albion. Albion is forgotten and much smaller, but the dems in 2004 had a bigger vote spread there (-1278) than Battle Creek (-1269). Kerry got 70.11% there, and Obama 77.39% and 75.80%. Blacks, unions, and Albion college. Marshall is competitive and leans slightly R. Most of the rural areas here are solidly R. They help counter Albion/Battle creek and make this a competitive county.

Overall this district leans R. Amash ran similar to Romney, so he probably has this district unless someone strong primaries him. That is unless we get another wave year like 2008. The key in this district is to drive up the vote in the Kent County suburbs, get Bush numbers in Calhoun, Ionia, and Barry Counties, and to stop the bleeding in Grand Rapids. 

District 3
	Romney	Obama	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM
Barry County:
Assyria Twp	608	344	967	264	62.87%	35.57%
Baltimore Twp	512	355	879	157	58.25%	40.39%
Barry Twp	970	707	1708	263	56.79%	41.39%
Carlton Twp	734	469	1216	265	60.36%	38.57%
Castleton Twp	684	591	1289	93	53.06%	45.85%
Hastings	1453	1520	3020	-67	48.11%	50.33%
Hastings Twp	783	584	1383	199	56.62%	42.23%
Hope Twp	841	673	1540	168	54.61%	43.70%
Irving Twp	1049	496	1562	553	67.16%	31.75%
Johnstown Twp	844	625	1482	219	56.95%	42.17%
Maple Grove Twp	411	249	669	162	61.43%	37.22%
Orangeville Twp	806	691	1532	115	52.61%	45.10%
Prairieville Twp	922	826	1769	96	52.12%	46.69%
Rutland Twp	1207	841	2068	366	58.37%	40.67%
Thornapple Twp	2662	1233	3938	1429	67.60%	31.31%
Woodland Twp	649	419	1078	230	60.20%	38.87%
Yankee Springs Twp	1520	871	2412	649	63.02%	36.11%
Total	16655	11494	28512	5161	58.41%	40.31%
Calhoun County
Albion	684	2233	2946	-1549	23.22%	75.80%
Albion Twp	293	245	548	48	53.47%	44.71%
Athens twp	681	448	1147	233	59.37%	39.06%
Battle Creek	8574	11984	20764	-3410	41.29%	57.72%
Bedford Twp	2093	2201	4361	-108	47.99%	50.47%
Burlington Twp	515	348	880	167	58.52%	39.55%
Clarence Twp	601	368	985	233	61.02%	37.36%
Clarendon Twp	309	179	500	130	61.80%	35.80%
Convis Twp	437	286	731	151	59.78%	39.12%
Eckord Twp	492	234	734	258	67.03%	31.88%
Emmett Twp	2818	2330	5218	488	54.01%	44.65%
Fredonia Twp	504	312	835	192	60.36%	37.37%
Homer Twp	591	436	1041	155	56.77%	41.88%
Lee Twp	330	181	519	149	63.58%	34.87%
Leroy Twp	1354	774	2152	580	62.92%	35.97%
Marengo Twp	613	361	990	252	61.92%	36.46%
Marshall	1751	1621	3418	130	51.23%	47.43%
Marshall twp	1042	673	1732	369	60.16%	38.86%
Newton Twp	936	552	1500	384	62.40%	36.80%
Pennfield twp	2324	1926	4311	398	53.91%	44.68%
Sheridan Twp	407	345	763	62	53.34%	45.22%
Springfield	620	893	1538	-273	40.31%	58.06%
Tekonsha Twp	364	337	713	27	51.05%	47.27%
Total	28333	29267	58326	-934	48.58%	50.18%
Ionia County
Belding	905	1095	2047	-190	44.21%	53.49%
Berlin Twp	674	390	1073	284	62.81%	36.35%
Boston Twp	1628	987	2647	641	61.50%	37.29%
Campbell Twp	852	344	1205	508	70.71%	28.55%
Danby Twp	863	596	1482	267	58.23%	40.22%
Easton Twp	759	619	1405	140	54.02%	44.06%
Ionia	938	1198	2175	-260	43.13%	55.08%
Ionia Twp	742	672	1429	70	51.92%	47.03%
Keene Twp	580	292	887	288	65.39%	32.92%
Lyons Twp	834	688	1552	146	53.74%	44.33%
North Plains Twp	218	307	536	-89	40.67%	57.28%
Odessa Twp	1078	663	1782	415	60.49%	37.21%
Orange Twp	330	202	548	128	60.22%	36.86%
Orleans Twp	562	480	1056	82	53.22%	45.45%
Otisco Twp	628	424	1075	204	58.42%	39.44%
Portland	923	869	1820	54	50.71%	47.75%
Portland Twp	1023	666	1711	357	59.79%	38.92%
Ronald Twp	411	367	793	44	51.83%	46.28%
Sebewa Twp	367	159	537	208	68.34%	29.61%
Total	14315	11018	25760	3297	55.57%	42.77%
Kent County
Ada Twp	5193	2671	7920	2522	65.57%	33.72%
Algoma Twp	3621	1742	5409	1879	66.94%	32.21%
Alpine Twp	3156	2860	6104	296	51.70%	46.85%
Bowne Twp	1350	448	1816	902	74.34%	24.67%
Byron Twp	8656	2845	11577	5811	74.77%	24.57%
Caledonia Twp	4918	1966	6946	2952	70.80%	28.30%
Cannon Twp	5624	2482	8171	3142	68.83%	30.38%
Cascade Twp	7252	3540	10857	3712	66.80%	32.61%
Cedar Springs	635	520	1172	115	54.18%	44.37%
Courtland Twp	2825	1399	4274	1426	66.10%	32.73%
East Grand Rapids	3521	3361	6916	160	50.91%	48.60%
Gaines Twp	7868	4308	12264	3560	64.16%	35.13%
Grand Rapids	28772	50739	80536	-21967	35.73%	63.00%
Grand Rapids Twp	6338	3803	10213	2535	62.06%	37.24%
Grattan Twp	1371	795	2191	576	62.57%	36.28%
Lowell	917	807	1751	110	52.37%	46.09%
Lowell Twp	1894	1127	3057	767	61.96%	36.87%
Nelson Twp	1302	792	2124	510	61.30%	37.29%
Oakfield Twp	1723	1185	2941	538	58.59%	40.29%
Plainfield Twp	10727	6965	17871	3762	60.02%	38.97%
Rockford	1732	1211	2967	521	58.38%	40.82%
Solon Twp	1734	1023	2790	711	62.15%	36.67%
Sparta Twp	2374	1561	3983	813	59.60%	39.19%
Spencer Twp	1041	755	1825	286	57.04%	41.37%
Tyrone Twp	1228	695	1943	533	63.20%	35.77%
Vergennes Twp	1686	802	2505	884	67.31%	32.02%
Total	117458	100402	220123	17056	53.36%	45.61%
Montcalm County
Eureka Twp	1028	900	1945	128	52.85%	46.27%
Total All	177789	153081	334666	24708	53.12%	45.74%

Congressional District 2 - Updated 2014 (MI-02)

2014 Update - Dems are running Dean Vanderstelt, a sacrificial lamb UAW guy in this safe district.

MI-02 Update – 2013

Incumbent – Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland)
Challenger - Dean Vanderstelt (D-Spring Lake)
Years in office as of 2014 election - 4.

The 2011 update Is here

The 2010 update is here

2012:

Bill Huizenga – 194653 – 61.16%

Willie German Jr. – 108973 – 34.23%

85860 vote difference

Romney – 186544 votes – 56.02%

Obama – 142771 votes – 42.87%

43773 vote difference.

2008:

McCain – 176548 votes – 50.42%

Obama – 183693 votes – 47.95%

8664 vote difference

2004:

Bush – 202650 votes – 60.47%

Kerry – 129395 votes – 38.61%

73255 vote difference

The good news with MI-02 is some of the bleeding here has stopped from McCain’s absolute cratering here. The bad news is that Romney’s vote spread here is about 30,000 less than Bush’s. That’s better than 65,000 vote spread difference from McCain. There’s a lot of work that needs to be done here. West MI is growing more than East Michigan and it will take more than just the Dutch population here to win enough to win statewide. This district is safe. Ottawa County can almost carry the entire district on its own.

For the map, I’ll use the same color code.

70%+Dem – Black

60%-69.99% - Blue

55%-59.99% - Slate Blue

50%-54.99% - Light Sky Blue

Less than 50% - Gold

R wins:

70%+Rep – Firebrick

60-69.99% - Red

55-59.99% - Orange Red

50-54.99% - Salmon

Less than 50% - Yellow

Tie – White

The Southern Part of the District, you’ll see the major population centers and some big contrasts with Blue Muskegon and Red Ottawa Counties.

It masks a problem. Ottawa County is the most GOP county in Michigan by far. McCain won it by 32,500. Romney by 45,400. Bush by 56,600. It’s also treading blue – or more accurately, less red. In 2000, 14 municipalities would have been firebrick red for breaking the 70% barrier. 8 did in 2012. 3 broke 80% in 2012. 6 did in 2004. Everything bled between 2004 and 2008, and most had a partial but not full recovery in 2012. Bush had a 11,000 better vote spread in this county in 2012 than Romney did. More alarming are the changes in Grand Haven, Holland, and Allendale. I think the Chicago influence is hitting Grand Haven some. It went blue in 08 and 12, while Bush won it. Bush’s 3225 votes there was also 550 more than Romney and 600 more than McCain. Allendale is the home of Grand Valley State University, a very large college. It’s more to the right than most colleges, but it went from 77% Bush to 59.94% McCain and 69.39% Romney. Romney exceeded Bush’s vote total here, so that’s good news. Obama 12 got 600 (1200 to 1800) more votes than Kerry 04. Holland is the big concern and that’s due to the Mexican population. It went from 59% Bush to 45.44% McCain and 50.04% Romney. R’s lost 1000 votes there while D’s gained 1000 (and 2000 in 08). Holland Township is similar for the same reason although masked. It went from 72.41% to 57.60% to 62.15% R’s lost 600 votes while D’s gained 1650 (and 2500 in 08). That’s how Romney ran 5% behind 04 Bush (and 2000 Bush).

Muskegon County is the forgotten dem stronghold in this state. It’s the union HQ in West Michigan and the cities of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights have a large minority population. One scary aspect is that Romney had less raw votes in Muskegon, Montague, and Muskegon Heights than McCain. While the dems dropped more in Montague raising the percentage from 41.31% to 45.71%, Muskegon Heights stayed 96.43% Dem, and Muskegon went only down to 77.52% from 79.45%. Bush held the dems to 92.24% and 71.25% in the Heights and Muskegon itself.  The county outside of the two Muskegons leans blue, but Bush won it in 04. McCain was smashed both outcounty and in the city, and Romney lost it by a smaller amount. The good thing is that Romney cut McCain’s overall vote deficit by over 10,000 to 13552. Bush had it down to 8980. The good news is that Ottawa County can trump even a bad whooping in Muskegon.

There’s also a major bluing going on in two Kent County suburbs due to migration. Kentwood and Wyoming. Kentwood’s now 25% minority (15% black) and has gone from 58% Bush to 47.57% Romney (45.15% McCain). The 3880 vote spread is now a deficit. Bush had 13000 votes there in 04. Romney had 10600. Kerry had 9100. Obama 12 had 11500. Wyoming is also 25% minority, more Mexican than black.  was 60.18% Bush in 04 and 51.86 Romney (48.05% McCain) in 2012. Vote totals from 18500 to 15277 while Obama had 13800 compared to Kerry’s 11900. Grandville and Walker have some bleeding from 04 as well, but no more or less than anywhere else. 

Oceana County has a large Mexican population, but doesn’t impact it the same way as it does in Holland or Wyoming. Some of the bluest areas there are white. Colfax and Elbridge Twps are impacted with the percentage drops, but the overall percentage is about the same as Bush 04. Some areas moved to the right and some left, but it evened out. Alarmingly (whether it be due to population loss or other factors), Romney had less votes than McCain in Colfax Twp, Hart, and Shelby Twp (not to be confused with Macomb County’s Shelby Twp). Despite that, Hart and Shelby Twps flipped back to the R’s due to the dems losing more votes. The dems lost 220 votes in Shelby Twp and 90 votes in Hart.

Newaygo’s a safe R county usually in the upper 50’s overall, but had a few blue patches in it. Merrill Township has a sizable black population and keeps it consistently about 62% D.  The area around Hesperia (both Oceana and Newaygo) is dem as well along M-20. Romney had less votes than McCain in Barton Twp (despite 66%), Beaver Twp, Croton Twp (still flipped it and got it with 55%+),  Everett Twp (still flipped it), Home Twp, Lincoln Twp, Merrill Twp, Monroe Twp, Norwich Twp, and Wilcox Twp. Despite that, he improved McCain’s percentage in all of those areas. Raw votes matter more than percentage though.

Lake County is consistently dem around 52-55%. Much of it swings, but the Baldwin area townships (esp Webber Twp bordering Yates) and Yates Twp (81%) are hardcore dem. Idlewild (Yates Twp) was a planned resort community for blacks during segregation times. Baldwin is the nearest town as well so those areas influence the vote. Luckily for R’s, it’s too small to matter. Lake County overall has 5200-5300 voters compared to Newaygo’s 21000+ voters.

Finally Mason County is competitive, and largely not strongly blue nor red. Bush did quite well there and didn’t lose a single part of Mason County that was in the 2^nd District. McCain cratered there. Romney won it, but by ½ of the vote spread of Bush. Ludington has a bit of a likely Chicago resort influence. Hopefully this will rebound some with Obama out of office. We should be getting 55%+ here.

Overall this is a safe district due to one county’s domination. However, the key in these districts aren’t to win them. In a place like Ottawa County, anyone with an R by the name would win barring a shocker. The goal is to win big enough to give candidates a good chance at winning the state. This district needs to be 60%+ every year. 

MI-02	Romney	Obama	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM
Allegan County				0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Holland 9-4	555	320	886	235	62.64%	36.12%
Holland 13-5	335	291	633	44	52.92%	45.97%
Total	890	611	1519	279	58.59%	40.22%
Kent County
Byron Twp4	1225	280	1512	945	81.02%	18.52%
Grandville	5638	2864	8584	2774	65.68%	33.36%
Kentwood	10639	11522	22367	-883	47.57%	51.51%
Walker	6911	4786	11828	2125	58.43%	40.46%
Wyoming	15277	13834	29457	1443	51.86%	46.96%
Total	39690	33286	73748	6404	53.82%	45.13%
Lake County
Chase Twp	316	198	517	118	61.12%	38.30%
Cherry Valley Twp	103	106	210	-3	49.05%	50.48%
Dover Twp	122	84	210	38	58.10%	40.00%
Eden Twp	107	114	223	-7	47.98%	51.12%
Elk twp	285	258	549	27	51.91%	46.99%
Ellsworth Twp	202	162	367	40	55.04%	44.14%
Lake Twp	231	192	429	39	53.85%	44.76%
Newkirk Twp	137	136	276	1	49.64%	49.28%
Peacock Twp	107	113	222	-6	48.20%	50.90%
Pinora Twp	182	138	327	44	55.66%	42.20%
Pleasant Plains Twp	262	373	640	-111	40.94%	58.28%
Sauble Twp	118	89	208	29	56.73%	42.79%
Sweetwater twp	69	62	131	7	52.67%	47.33%
Webber Twp	170	385	558	-215	30.47%	69.00%
Yates Twp	76	342	420	-266	18.10%	81.43%
Total	2487	2752	5287	-265	47.04%	52.05%
Mason County
Amber Twp	723	580	1320	143	54.77%	43.94%
Branch Twp	264	285	555	-21	47.57%	51.35%
Custer Twp	336	307	652	29	51.53%	47.09%
Eden Twp	121	152	277	-31	43.68%	54.87%
Hamlin Twp (2)	732	555	1303	177	56.18%	42.59%
Logan Twp	89	79	169	10	52.66%	46.75%
Ludington	1832	1914	3784	-82	48.41%	50.58%
Pere Marquette Twp	765	579	1357	186	56.37%	42.67%
Riverton Twp	353	257	616	96	57.31%	41.72%
Scottville	241	210	456	31	52.85%	46.05%
Summit Twp	317	238	563	79	56.31%	42.27%
Total	5773	5156	11052	617	52.23%	46.65%
Muskegon County
Blue Lake Twp	545	535	1091	10	49.95%	49.04%
Casnovia Twp	761	405	1176	356	64.71%	34.44%
Cedar Creek Twp	589	703	1310	-114	44.96%	53.66%
Dalton Twp	1844	2030	3910	-186	47.16%	51.92%
Egelston Twp	1423	2407	3889	-984	36.59%	61.89%
Fruitland Twp	1426	1484	2940	-58	48.50%	50.48%
Fruitport Twp	3548	3205	6838	343	51.89%	46.87%
Holton Twp	446	502	968	-56	46.07%	51.86%
Laketon Twp	1996	2185	4221	-189	47.29%	51.76%
Montague	580	662	1269	-82	45.71%	52.17%
Montague Twp	385	374	768	11	50.13%	48.70%
Moorland Twp	375	327	713	48	52.59%	45.86%
Muskegon	2874	10355	13358	-7481	21.52%	77.52%
Muskgegon Heights	122	3727	3865	-3605	3.16%	96.43%
Muskegon Twp	2762	4429	7281	-1667	37.93%	60.83%
North Muskegon	1267	1003	2285	264	55.45%	43.89%
Norton Shores	6170	6398	12706	-228	48.56%	50.35%
Ravenna Twp	840	479	1337	361	62.83%	35.83%
Roosevelt Park	852	1089	1958	-237	43.51%	55.62%
Sullivan twp	580	586	1182	-6	49.07%	49.58%
White River Twp	416	399	826	17	50.36%	48.31%
Whitehall	619	696	1344	-77	46.06%	51.79%
Whitehall Twp	464	456	928	8	50.00%	49.14%
Total	30884	44436	76163	-13552	40.55%	58.34%
Newaygo County
Ashland Twp	742	414	1171	328	63.36%	35.35%
Barton Twp	218	110	330	108	66.06%	33.33%
Beaver Twp	115	69	190	46	60.53%	36.32%
Big Prairie Twp	461	462	932	-1	49.46%	49.57%
Bridgton Twp	493	430	944	63	52.22%	45.55%
Brooks Twp	990	741	1759	249	56.28%	42.13%
Croton Twp	806	639	1460	167	55.21%	43.77%
Dayton Twp	696	404	1111	292	62.65%	36.36%
Denver Twp	373	414	800	-41	46.63%	51.75%
Ensley Twp	817	395	1232	422	66.31%	32.06%
Everett Twp	362	340	713	22	50.77%	47.69%
Fremont	1201	785	2016	416	59.57%	38.94%
Garfield Twp	673	396	1085	277	62.03%	36.50%
Goodwell Twp	127	91	219	36	57.99%	41.55%
Grant	211	115	329	96	64.13%	34.95%
Grant Twp	975	422	1415	553	68.90%	29.82%
Home Twp	70	32	103	38	67.96%	31.07%
Lilley Twp	220	187	410	33	53.66%	45.61%
Lincoln Twp	278	311	600	-33	46.33%	51.83%
Merrill Twp	102	183	291	-81	35.05%	62.89%
Monroe Twp	94	49	146	45	64.38%	33.56%
Newaygo	376	335	721	41	52.15%	46.46%
Norwich Twp	180	101	283	79	63.60%	35.69%
Sheridan Twp	796	458	1264	338	62.97%	36.23%
Sherman Twp	565	398	972	167	58.13%	40.95%
Troy Twp	55	74	131	-19	41.98%	56.49%
White Cloud	229	184	419	45	54.65%	43.91%
Wilcox Twp	232	189	432	43	53.70%	43.75%
Total	12457	8728	21478	3729	58.00%	40.64%
Oceana County
Benona Twp	506	338	849	168	59.60%	39.81%
Claybanks Twp	239	167	415	72	57.59%	40.24%
Colfax Twp	65	94	163	-29	39.88%	57.67%
Crystal Twp	114	136	256	-22	44.53%	53.13%
Elbridge Twp	235	157	402	78	58.46%	39.05%
Ferry Twp	256	258	526	-2	48.67%	49.05%
Golden Twp	598	397	1002	201	59.68%	39.62%
Grant Twp	588	514	1116	74	52.69%	46.06%
Greenwood Twp	234	198	436	36	53.67%	45.41%
Hart	320	318	646	2	49.54%	49.23%
Hart Twp	559	324	894	235	62.53%	36.24%
Leavitt Twp	168	128	299	40	56.19%	42.81%
Newfield Twp	459	528	998	-69	45.99%	52.91%
Otto Twp	165	146	313	19	52.72%	46.65%
Pentwater Twp	641	469	1117	172	57.39%	41.99%
Shelby Twp	810	658	1495	152	54.18%	44.01%
Weare Twp	282	235	523	47	53.92%	44.93%
Total	6239	5065	11450	1174	54.49%	44.24%
Ottawa County
Allendale Twp	4309	1844	6210	2465	69.39%	29.69%
Blendon Twp	3011	461	3510	2550	85.78%	13.13%
Chester Twp	700	337	1051	363	66.60%	32.06%
Coopersville	1222	724	1966	498	62.16%	36.83%
Crockery Twp	1140	840	2006	300	56.83%	41.87%
Ferrysburg	1000	767	1780	233	56.18%	43.09%
Georgetown Twp	20297	6466	27007	13831	75.15%	23.94%
Grand Haven	2686	2906	5664	-220	47.42%	51.31%
Grand Haven Twp	5027	3601	8701	1426	57.77%	41.39%
Holland	5286	5130	10564	156	50.04%	48.56%
Holland Twp	8732	5144	14049	3588	62.15%	36.61%
Hudsonville	3149	697	3898	2452	80.79%	17.88%
Jamestown Twp	3536	623	4197	2913	84.25%	14.84%
Olive Twp	1513	377	1913	1136	79.09%	19.71%
Park Twp	6722	3773	10590	2949	63.47%	35.63%
Polkton Twp	1019	334	1370	685	74.38%	24.38%
Port Sheldon Twp	1693	845	2564	848	66.03%	32.96%
Robinson Twp	1857	1084	2981	773	62.29%	36.36%
Spring Lake Twp	4844	3343	8285	1501	58.47%	40.35%
Tallmadge Twp	2826	1244	4157	1582	67.98%	29.93%
Wright Twp	1172	496	1688	676	69.43%	29.38%
Zeeland	2275	689	2998	1586	75.88%	22.98%
Zeeland Twp	4108	1012	5163	3096	79.57%	19.60%
Total	88124	42737	132312	45387	66.60%	32.30%
				0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Total All	186544	142771	333009	43773	56.02%	42.87%

Obama's GM outsourcing to China

Nothing like bailing out and taking over a company that then goes to China.

From the Argus

SHANGHAI — Detroit-based General Motors Co. plans to open four new assembly plants in China by the end of 2015, export more vehicles from China, and grab market share in the sport utility and luxury segments, executives said.
The automaker said it would increase its production capacity by 30 percent to 5 million units per year. The company also said it would add 6,000 jobs in China in connection with its expansion plans, which include four new assembly plants and four new powertrain plants, GM Chinese President Bob Socia said.
Socia declined to say where the plants would be located, but GM will need approval from the Chinese government to move forward.
He also said the company hasn’t ruled out exporting vehicles from China to the United States.
“It could very well happen,” Socia told reporters after a news conference near the Shanghai auto show last week. “I’m not sharing any plans with you, but we try to keep open as to what makes sense. … There’s no reason why we can’t be exporting to the states.”

Of course this was after the 2012 election.