Southgate, MI is a small city located in the Downriver region of Wayne County. It is home to a community of approximately 30,000 people and has a history of strong political engagement. Locally, Southgate residents are represented by an active City Council which meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The City Council works hard to ensure that their constituents’ interests are represented in local, state, and federal politics. In recent years, the Council has also taken strong steps towards protecting the environment and promoting economic growth in the city. Southgate residents have recently seen positive changes due to increased investment in public transportation, as well as efforts to reduce crime rates. With its rich history of political engagement and progressivism, Southgate is sure to continue to be an important part of Michigan’s political landscape for many years to come.
The political climate in Southgate, 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
Southgate, 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.
Southgate, 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 Southgate, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 919 contributions totaling $75,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 335 contributions totaling $60,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)