Leslie, MI is a small city in Eaton County, located about 15 miles away from Lansing. While it has grown over the years, its population remains relatively small at approximately 3,200 people. Despite its size, politics still play an important role in Leslie's operations and development. The city is governed by a five-member City Commission elected by registered voters in the city limits. The Commission works with the Mayor to set policies and budgets for the city. Election season is an exciting time in Leslie as residents come together to support their favorite candidates and ensure their voices are heard by participating in early voting and on election day itself. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved with local political organizations such as the local Democratic and Republican party committees or other civic organizations like the League of Women Voters of Michigan that work to ensure that citizens are informed about relevant political issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 49251 (Leslie, 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 49251 (Leslie, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Leslie, 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.
Leslie, 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 49251 (Leslie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $3,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)