Lansing, Michigan is the capital of the state and has a deep history in politics. The city, located in Ingham County, is home to many government buildings that include the Michigan State Capitol Building and the Supreme Court. The city has a mayor-council form of government with a nonpartisan mayor elected by all voters in the city. Lansing City Council members are elected from seven wards throughout the city. Lansing also has its own municipal court system along with several other boards and commissions that oversee how governmental services are delivered within the city limits. All of these entities work together to set policies, develop new initiatives, and ensure residents’ rights and freedoms are protected.
The political climate in Zip 48910 (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 48910 (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 48910 (Lansing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,561 contributions totaling $140,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $18,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)