Rockwood, MI is a small city located in Wayne County and has a population of around 5,000 people. The city is part of the local political landscape, with its own elected City Council which provides governance for the community. The Council consists of five members who are responsible for overseeing budgetary matters, developing policies for the municipality, and providing services to citizens. Members are typically elected through popular vote and serve terms that last four years. The mayor serves as the leader of the City Council and works with other members to ensure Rockwood functions smoothly. Currently, the Mayor is Robert Fenton and he is joined by four other council members who provide support and guidance on various issues affecting the city.
The political climate in Rockwood, 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
Rockwood, 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.
Rockwood, 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 Rockwood, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 347 contributions totaling $15,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)