Clawson, MI is a small city located in Oakland County. It is governed by an elected City Council that is responsible for enacting and enforcing local laws. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected at large by the citizens of Clawson on a staggered basis. Every two years three members are up for election, and the mayor is elected every four years. In addition to the council members, there are several other boards and commissions in place to govern various aspects of Clawson life such as zoning and planning, economic development, public safety, public works and recreation. The Mayor presides over all meetings and has veto power with respect to any ordinance passed by the Council or any action taken by the City's boards or commissions. The citizens of Clawson have an active voice in their local government via elections and town hall meetings held throughout the year.
The political climate in Clawson, 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
Clawson, 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.
Clawson, 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 Clawson, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,835 contributions totaling $427,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $108,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)