Williamstown, MI is a small community located in the state of Michigan. It is home to many families and businesses that contribute to its growth and stability. The town has an active local government which ensures that the needs of its citizens are met through careful investments in infrastructure, services, and programs. This includes electing qualified representatives and mayors who serve a four-year term. The political landscape of Williamstown is vibrant and diverse with several candidates vying for positions on the local Town Council every election cycle. School board members are also elected from within the community to oversee education policy decisions. In addition, citizens are encouraged to stay informed about local issues through public meetings, newspapers, and social media posts from their representatives. Overall, Williamstown's political scene is engaging and important to ensuring a positive future for all residents.
The political climate in Williamstown, 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
Williamstown, 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.
Williamstown, 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 Williamstown, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,046 contributions totaling $1,148,972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,582 contributions totaling $371,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)