Sterling Heights, Michigan is a city located in Macomb County and is the fourth most populous city in Michigan. It is a highly populated area with many families, businesses, and organizations. Politically speaking, Sterling Heights has had a long history of being represented by Republicans at the state level. The current mayor is Michael Taylor who was elected in 2013 and is a Republican. On the county level, Sterling Heights elects three members to the Macomb County Board of Commissioners. It also elects representatives to both U.S Congress and U.S Senate. For the most part, these officials are also Republican which shows there is strong support for conservative politics in Sterling Heights. The city also has several local political action committees that encourage citizens to get involved and exercise their right to vote for candidates they feel best represent them. Despite its strong Republican representation, it's important to remember that Sterling Heights is open to all ideas and opinions regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Sterling Heights, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sterling Heights, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
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.
Sterling Heights, Michigan: d r d d R r
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 Sterling Heights, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,976 contributions totaling $1,247,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,141 contributions totaling $229,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)