The city of Howell, MI is an active and vibrant community with plenty to offer its residents. The politics of Howell, MI are just one aspect that make the city so great. With a mayor-council form of government, Howell has several elected officials at the local level that strive to keep the city running efficiently and effectively. The mayor of Howell is currently Bob Walsh and he is supported by the City Council which consists of six members who are all elected for two-year terms. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are other local political offices in Howell such as the Clerk/Treasurer, Police Chief, Fire Chief, and Director of Public Services. All these elected officials work together to ensure that the citizens of Howell have a safe, enjoyable place to call home.
The political climate in Howell, MI is somewhat conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Howell, MI is somewhat conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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.
Howell, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Howell, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,035 contributions totaling $81,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 570 contributions totaling $131,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)