The Village of Clarkston, MI is a small community located in Oakland County. It is a vibrant and close-knit area with a strong sense of local pride and unity. Politically, the village is represented by several elected officials from both the state and county level. These officials include state senators, representatives, county commissioners, and township supervisors. They all work together to ensure the residents of the village are receiving the best representation possible. The political environment in Clarkston is active and lively, with many passionate individuals engaging in lively debates on various topics that affect their community. There have been initiatives to improve infrastructure such as roads and bridges, as well as educational opportunities for children. Overall, politics in Clarkston are taken seriously by its citizens who understand that their voices matter when it comes to decision-making for their town.
The political climate in Village of Clarkston, MI is leaning 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
Village of Clarkston, MI is leaning 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.
Village of Clarkston, 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 Village of Clarkston, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,041 contributions totaling $203,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $74,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)