Plymouth, MI is a city located in the western suburbs of Detroit. It has a long history as an important part of the greater Detroit metropolitan area since its founding in 1825. The Plymouth City Council is made up of seven members, each representing one of the seven wards that comprise the city. They are responsible for leading and managing municipal matters, passing ordinances, and making decisions that affect the community. The city also holds regular elections to select new representatives for each ward. Currently, Plymouth's mayor is Oliver Wolcott, who was elected in 2018 following a runoff election against his opponent Scott Kincaid. In addition to local politics, Plymouth citizens are active participants in state and federal elections as well. Michigan voters have their say on many national issues each election season and their voices are heard throughout the entire country.
The political climate in Plymouth, MI is moderately liberal.
Wayne County, MI is very liberal. In Wayne County, MI 68.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Wayne county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plymouth, MI is moderately liberal.
Wayne County, Michigan is very 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.
Plymouth, 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 Plymouth, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,114 contributions totaling $490,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 892 contributions totaling $809,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $907 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)