Dearborn Heights, MI is a small city located in Wayne County and is home to approximately 57,700 residents. It is a diverse community with many cultural and ethnic backgrounds, making it an interesting place to live.
Politically, Dearborn Heights has been represented by several officials over the years. At the state level, the city is currently represented in the Michigan House of Representatives by Abdullah Hammoud and in the Michigan Senate by Jeremy Moss. At the federal level, the city falls under the jurisdiction of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for the 13th District of Michigan in the US House of Representatives. The current mayor of Dearborn Heights is Daniel Paletko who was elected in 2017 to serve a four-year term. There are also seven council members who are elected from each district including Dan Centers, Robert Doughty Jr., Brian Meakin, Michael Sareini, Anthony Tague Jr., Ron Wise and Thomas Yack II. All these representatives work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to necessary resources and services as well as adequate representation on important local matters.
The political climate in Dearborn Heights, 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 Heights, 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 Heights, 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 Heights, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,138 contributions totaling $169,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 394 contributions totaling $40,394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)