Grosse Pointe Park, MI is a thriving community located on the shore of Lake St. Clair in southeastern Michigan. As part of the larger Metro Detroit area, Grosse Pointe Park's politics are informed by both local and regional political considerations. Local issues frequently discussed include things such as school funding, investment in public infrastructure, and public safety. At the higher levels of government, residents of Grosse Pointe Park have access to national and state government officials who represent their interests in Lansing and Washington D.C. When it comes to elections, Grosse Pointe Park's citizens take great pride in making sure that they are well informed on all candidates that are running for office so that they can make informed decisions come election time.
The political climate in Grosse Pointe 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
Grosse Pointe 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.
Grosse Pointe 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 Grosse Pointe Park, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,358 contributions totaling $887,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $595,059 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,039 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)