The small city of Harper Woods, MI is located within Wayne County and has a population of around 14,000. The local political scene in Harper Woods is quite vibrant with many different candidates running for various offices. The city holds elections for mayor, city council, and school board members. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of residents in the community. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, job growth, and public services are all considered when making decisions. During election seasons there is usually a variety of candidates from both major parties campaigning to represent their views on these important issues. Ultimately it is up to the citizens of Harper Woods to decide who will lead them by voting for their preferred candidate during local elections.
The political climate in Harper Woods, MI is strongly 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
Harper Woods, MI is strongly 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.
Harper Woods, 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 Harper Woods, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,711 contributions totaling $882,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,606 contributions totaling $1,804,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)