Dearborn, MI has a strong Democratic representation with Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. having been re-elected for another term beginning in 2017. The city council is composed of seven members who all identify as Democrats and support progressive initiatives such as those focusing on public infrastructure and public health measures.
The Political Climate in Dearborn, 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
Dearborn, 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.
Dearborn, 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 Dearborn, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,857 contributions totaling $811,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,031 contributions totaling $271,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)