The village of Dansville, Michigan (48819) is located in Ingham County and has a long history of local politics. The political scene in 48819 Dansville is vibrant and lively, with many experienced and involved citizens passionate about their community. The current Mayor of the village is Jim Sylvester, who was elected to office in 2019 on a platform of maintaining public safety and fiscal responsibility. The Village Council consists of seven members who are all elected by the residents every two years. Each council member represents their ward鈥檚 specific concerns to the larger board. In addition to the Mayor and Village Council there are various other elected offices that work together to ensure that the village runs smoothly and effectively. These include township trustees, school board members, county commissioners, judges, clerks, treasurers, sheriffs and prosecutors. Together these officials coordinate on implementing policies for the betterment of 48819 Dansville's citizens both now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 48819 (Dansville, MI) is somewhat 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 48819 (Dansville, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Dansville, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Dansville, 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 48819 (Dansville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $5,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $652 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)