The politics of Dimondale, MI 48821 are influenced by its location in the state of Michigan. The area is represented in the Michigan House of Representatives by Mike Shirkey, and in the Senate by Rick Outman. At the federal level, the area is in Congressional District 7 and is represented by U.S. Representative Tim Walberg. Locally, Dimondale is governed by an elected council who oversee local initiatives such as road improvements and public safety efforts. It is also home to a vibrant voting community that actively participates in local elections to ensure their voices are heard at all levels of government. Through their participation, citizens help shape political discourse on issues important to them like education, healthcare, infrastructure and taxes.
The political climate in Zip 48821 (Dimondale, MI) is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, MI is leaning conservative. In Eaton County, MI 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eaton county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.7%.
Eaton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48821 (Dimondale, MI) is leaning conservative.
Dimondale, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Eaton County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
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.
Dimondale, Michigan: r r d d 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 zip 48821 (Dimondale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 636 contributions totaling $25,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $14,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)