Utica, MI is a small city in Macomb County of approximately 5,000 residents. It has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor serving as the executive and the council serving as legislative body. The current mayor is Thom Dionne, who was elected to his second term in 2017 by a wide margin. Utica is home to three members of the Michigan House of Representatives: Jeff Yaroch, Michael Webber, and Steve Carra. Each of these members serve two year terms and are responsible for representing their constituents in Lansing. Utica also elects five representatives to the county commission every two years. These representatives make decisions on behalf of their constituents concerning matters such as public safety, education, infrastructure development, etc. In addition to these elected officials, there are many citizens involved in local politics that volunteer their time and energy to ensure that the voice of Utica is heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Utica, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Utica, MI is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
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.
Utica, Michigan: d r d d R r
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 Utica, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,690 contributions totaling $417,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 698 contributions totaling $155,637 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)