Rochester, MI is a small town in Oakland County, with a population of around 13,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and six-member city council, elected by the citizens every two years. The current mayor is Rob Ray, who was elected in 2017. The city council works together to make decisions about the budget and services in Rochester, such as public safety, infrastructure projects, parks and recreation programs. They also focus on improving the economy by encouraging businesses to come to Rochester and promoting commercial activity throughout the city. Additionally, they strive to create an environment that fosters social development through arts programming and other cultural activities. They also work to ensure that all residents have access to essential services like transportation and healthcare. With these initiatives in place, Rochester is making strides towards becoming a stronger community for everyone living there.
The political climate in Rochester, MI is leaning 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
Rochester, MI is leaning 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.
Rochester, 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 Rochester, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,516 contributions totaling $758,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,226 contributions totaling $458,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)