Livingston County is located in the South-Central region of Michigan, and politics in the area are generally conservative. While Livingston County is home to a diverse population, the county leans Republican and has voted for Republican candidates in recent presidential elections. The current members of the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate from Livingston County are all Republicans. Local government initiatives tend to focus on fiscal responsibility, which includes efforts to reduce taxes and maintain balanced budgets. In addition, local politicians prioritize public safety, education, infrastructure maintenance, and community development. As such, communities within Livingston County often have access to quality public services.
The political climate in 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
Livingston County, MI 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.
Livingston, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Livingston County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,625 contributions totaling $631,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,982 contributions totaling $474,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)