Haslett, MI is located in the central part of Michigan in Ingham County. Politics in the area are reflective of the state and nation, with several representatives serving both local and federal offices. The State Legislature is represented by State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr., who was elected to office in 2014. At the federal level, there are three U.S Representatives for Haslett: Representative Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-13). Locally, Haslett is governed by a Mayor and four members of City Council. Some of the major issues facing Haslett include public infrastructure investments, public safety, financial responsibility, environmental sustainability, economic development, and community engagement.
The political climate in Zip 48840 (Haslett, MI) is moderately 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 48840 (Haslett, MI) is moderately liberal.
Haslett, Michigan is moderately 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.
Haslett, 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 48840 (Haslett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,613 contributions totaling $172,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $31,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)