Livonia, MI is a city located in western Wayne County, and has a population of approximately 97,000 people. The city is governed by elected officials from the mayor's office down through the six wards that make up the city. Each ward elects two representatives to the Livonia City Council who then work closely with the mayor to ensure that the government meets the needs of the citizens. Livonia takes pride in its local government because it works hard to maintain a safe and prosperous environment for its residents. In addition, Livonia has several state representatives who are tasked with representing the interests of their constituents in Lansing. Furthermore, there are many organizations and advocacy groups within Livonia that strive to promote responsible government and leadership at all levels of civic life.
The political climate in Livonia, MI is somewhat 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
Livonia, MI is somewhat 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.
Livonia, 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 Livonia, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,237 contributions totaling $335,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 874 contributions totaling $302,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)