Royal Oak, MI is a city that is passionate about politics. The citizens of Royal Oak are well informed and take great pride in the local political process. Every year, the city holds elections for mayor and City Council members to ensure that their voices are heard and the needs of the community are met. Every voter has the opportunity to make their opinion known and be part of shaping Royal Oak’s future. In addition, many of the local residents actively participate in protests, rallies, and other grassroots initiatives to raise awareness around key issues affecting Royal Oak. Together, they strive to create a strong, vibrant community where everyone can feel safe and respected.
The political climate in Royal Oak, MI is somewhat liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Royal Oak, MI is somewhat liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat liberal.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Royal Oak, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Royal Oak, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,310 contributions totaling $2,133,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,801 contributions totaling $2,064,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)