Ottawa County and Kent County as a whole is the right-wing havens of Michigan(West MI). GR City is treading dem and went for Gore and Granholm.(albeit narrowly) There's a strong peace undercurrent there as well as a lot of RINOs.
The GR Burbs are all 60%+ which counteracts the city.
BTW - I think GR is almost 40% minority as well. (20% Black and Hispanic each).