The politics in DeWitt, MI are vibrant and diverse. This small town of over 5,000 residents has a variety of voices represented in its local government. The town is represented in the Michigan State Senate by Judy Emmons, who was first elected to the seat in 1992. At the county level, DeWitt is part of Ingham County and its chairperson is Ruthann J. Howard. On the municipal level, DeWitt is governed by an elected mayor and city council with six members representing the various wards in the city. These officials are responsible for making decisions on issues that affect the city’s residents such as taxation, services provided by the municipality, and community development projects. All elections are held regularly as required under state law and allow citizens to voice their concerns about how they want their local government to be run.
The political climate in DeWitt, MI is somewhat conservative.
Clinton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Clinton County, MI 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
DeWitt, MI is somewhat conservative.
Clinton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately 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.
DeWitt, Michigan: R R d 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 DeWitt, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 774 contributions totaling $70,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $55,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)