The politics of Walled Lake, MI are largely reflective of the state as a whole. The city is located in Oakland County, where Democrats often tend to win elections. The mayor of Walled Lake is Linda Ackley, a Democrat, and most of the city council members are also Democrats. Locally, many issues have been tackled such as improving public safety and recreation for residents. There have also been efforts to increase economic development in the area with projects such as bringing new businesses into downtown Walled Lake and fostering job growth in the surrounding areas. The city is also actively involved in regional initiatives such as expanding public transportation options and seeking a regional approach to climate change. Overall, political leaders in Walled Lake take an active role in working towards making their community better for its residents.
The political climate in Walled Lake, MI is somewhat liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walled Lake, MI is somewhat liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Walled Lake, 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 Walled Lake, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 540 contributions totaling $62,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $98,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)