Bingham Farms, MI is a small village located on the northern outskirts of Detroit. Despite its size, the village has an active local political scene, with citizens often engaging in debates about local issues. The village's government consists of an elected Board of Trustees who are responsible for making laws and setting policy. Other aspects of local politics involve regular municipal elections for various positions such as mayor and city councilsmen. Issues that often come up during these elections include taxation, land use, infrastructure projects, and other topics that directly affect the residents of Bingham Farms. During election season there is usually a lot of debate among candidates regarding their views on these topics and how they would like to see them implemented if they were elected into office. The citizens of Bingham Farms take their civic responsibility seriously when it comes to voting in local elections and actively participate in decision-making processes that shape the future of the village.
The political climate in Bingham Farms, 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
Bingham Farms, 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.
Bingham Farms, 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 Bingham Farms, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,980 contributions totaling $1,652,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,201 contributions totaling $1,225,886 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,021 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)