Ferndale, Michigan is a city that is located in Oakland County. The city has a strong local government system that is dedicated to serving the community. There are two main political parties represented in Ferndale, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The mayor of the city is Melanie Piana, who was elected after running on the Democratic ticket in 2019. In Ferndale, there are plenty of issues to be addressed, such as public safety, education, and infrastructure. Local elections for positions such as City Council members and other local offices often bring new politicians with new ideas into office. Many of these local politicians have made their mark on politics in Ferndale by working together with other citizens to create policies that improve life in the city. By collaborating with each other, they can work towards making positive changes for all residents of Ferndale.
The political climate in Ferndale, MI is somewhat 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
Ferndale, MI is somewhat 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.
Ferndale, 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 Ferndale, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,665 contributions totaling $160,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $20,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)