The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI is located on the shores of Lake St. Clair and is part of the larger Grosse Pointe community. It is a small, affluent village and is known for its quiet atmosphere and beautiful views of the lake. Politically, it is part of Wayne County and has an elected Mayor as its leader. The Mayor presides over a Board of Trustees that includes six trustees who are elected by the residents of Grosse Pointe Shores to serve four-year terms. The Board meets monthly to discuss issues related to the village's budget, public safety, public works projects, zoning ordinances, park maintenance, and other matters relating to village life. Additionally, citizens can participate in government by attending meetings or by voicing their opinions through letters or emails sent to local officials or posted on social media accounts. Overall, the political atmosphere in Grosse Pointe Shores is one that encourages dialogue between residents and officials so that all voices can be heard in order to create a better community for generations to come.
The political climate in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, 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
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, 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.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, 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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,087 contributions totaling $1,713,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,157 contributions totaling $3,560,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)