The politics in Williamston, MI are centered around the local government and their decisions that affect the citizens. The city council is responsible for making decisions about taxes, public services, economic development and other important matters. The mayor is the head of the city council and has a significant role in decision-making. Residents can find out who their local representatives are through the city's website or by attending a City Council meeting. Local elections take place every two years and the residents of Williamston have an opportunity to voice their opinion on who should be elected and what initiatives they would like to see implemented. Additionally, there are several civic organizations that reside in Williamston which lobby for changes and improvements within the community such as improvements to education, infrastructure, public safety, and other issues.
The political climate in Williamston, MI is somewhat 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
Williamston, MI is somewhat 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.
Williamston, 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 Williamston, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,326 contributions totaling $102,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $53,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)