Lansing, MI is the capital city of Michigan and is located in Ingham County. The city is a vibrant place with a bustling economy and diverse population. Politically, Lansing has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected to four-year terms and the council members serve two year terms. There are nine voting districts in Lansing which elect one representative each to the city council. Issues such as how to fund public services, infrastructure improvements, and economic development projects are voted on by the elected officials of Lansing. The current mayor of Lansing is Andy Schor who was elected in 2017 for his first term. He ran on a platform centered around creating jobs and building an equitable economy for all residents of the city regardless of race or socioeconomic status. Additionally, there are many locally elected officials in Lansing that work to ensure that city government provides necessary resources to its residents.
The political climate in Zip 48915 (Lansing, MI) is strongly 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
Zip 48915 (Lansing, MI) is strongly liberal.
Lansing, Michigan is strongly 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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48915 (Lansing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $49,838 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,344 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)