The politics in 48235 Detroit, MI are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and has a population of more than 673,000 people. In terms of local politics, the City Council and Mayor are both elected positions and often feature candidates from both major parties. Recently, the City Council has seen strong representation from a mix of Democrats and Independents with no majority party control. Mayor Mike Duggan was re-elected in 2020 to serve his second term. His campaign focused on issues such as public safety, education, economic development, neighborhood revitalization and infrastructure improvements. Aside from local politics, Detroit is also home to many state representatives who work together to advocate for the city’s needs at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 48235 (Detroit, MI) is very 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
Zip 48235 (Detroit, MI) is very liberal.
Detroit, Michigan is very 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.
Detroit, 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 48235 (Detroit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,322 contributions totaling $127,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)