Allen Park, MI is a small city located in the Detroit metropolitan area. It has a modest population of about 28,000 people and is currently governed by a mayor-council form of government. The city operates under the authority of an elected Mayor and City Council, each serving four-year terms. Elections are held every two years to choose new council members and mayors, with the last election taking place in 2019. As a result, there are no current local political candidates for Allen Park as their respective terms have not yet expired. The current Mayor is Mark Danowski while the City Council consists of five members including Thomas Adamski, Joe Harris, Carl Jablonski Jr., Rosemary Kowalczyk, and Steven Vescogni. The City Council works together to manage the day-to-day operations of Allen Park and make decisions that benefit its citizens. They also work with representatives from the state legislature to ensure that state laws are properly enforced within their jurisdiction.
The political climate in Allen Park, 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
Allen Park, 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.
Allen Park, 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 Allen Park, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,220 contributions totaling $413,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 641 contributions totaling $80,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)