Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area is a vibrant area with a lot of political activity. The state capital of Michigan, Lansing, is home to the Michigan State Capitol which is host to many political events. This region has also been a hotbed for political activism and change due to its location in the “Mitten” part of Michigan between Detroit and Chicago. Many candidates have run for office in this area, representing both major parties as well as third party candidates. There are several prominent local nonprofit organizations that work on progressive issues such as immigration reform, workers' rights, gender equality, and environmental protection. In addition, citizens of the metro area are active participants in national politics by attending rallies and engaging in conversations about policy changes and initiatives from both sides of the aisle.
The political climate in Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lansing-East Lansing metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 40.0%.
The Lansing-East Lansing metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Lansing-East Lansing, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,386 contributions totaling $3,092,037 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,818 contributions totaling $3,010,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)