Southfield Township, MI is a thriving community in Oakland County, just north of Detroit. In Southfield Township, the elected officials are committed to providing excellent public services and maintaining the highest quality of life for its residents. The local government consists of seven trustees who are responsible for enacting laws and regulations that govern the township. These trustees are all members of either the Democratic or Republican party and are elected by the citizens of Southfield Township. The local political scene in Southfield is dominated by these two parties, with most elections seeing competitive races between their candidates. In addition to the trustees, there is also an appointed mayor who serves as head of government for the township. All government positions in Southfield Township are filled through nonpartisan elections, meaning that no party affiliation can be indicated on ballots or during campaigning. This ensures that all elected officials serve without bias towards any particular political party or ideology.
The political climate in Southfield township, 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
Southfield township, 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.
Southfield township, 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 Southfield township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,583 contributions totaling $5,869,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,604 contributions totaling $4,060,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)