Melvindale, MI is a city located in southeast Michigan. Despite being a small city, it has an active political scene that affects the everyday lives of its citizens. Locally elected officials work to provide the necessary services and infrastructure for the community. These local government bodies include City Council members, who are responsible for crafting policies and passing legislation. In addition to this, Melvindale also has a Mayor, who acts as the leader of the City and serves as the face of Melvindale both locally and nationally. The Mayor is elected directly by the people of Melvindale to serve a four-year term. Finally, local courts are also maintained in order to uphold laws passed by City Council members and ensure that residents have access to justice when needed. Through these various elected officials, Melvindale's citizens have a say in how their city operates and can ensure that their voices are heard through their votes on election day.
The political climate in Melvindale, 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
Melvindale, 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.
Melvindale, 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 Melvindale, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,118 contributions totaling $306,598 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $163,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)