Haslett, MI is a small city in Ingham County located near Lansing. The city has a mayor-council form of government in which the mayor serves as the executive officer of the city and is responsible for administering all departments and enforcing all laws and regulations. The council consists of seven members who are elected from wards within Haslett. They have legislative authority over the operations of the city, including approving a budget, enacting ordinances, and appointing key personnel. All elected officials serve four year terms and are devoted to ensuring that Haslett remains an excellent place to live with its commitment to public safety, quality education, efficient delivery of services, sound fiscal management, economic development and recreational opportunities.
The political climate in Haslett, MI is moderately liberal.
Ingham County, MI is very liberal. In Ingham County, MI 65.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ingham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Ingham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haslett, MI is moderately liberal.
Ingham County, Michigan is very liberal.
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.
Haslett, Michigan: D D D D D D
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 Haslett, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,294 contributions totaling $2,063,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,253 contributions totaling $651,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)