Oakland, MI County is located in southeast Michigan and is part of the Detroit metropolitan area. Politically, the county is divided between several townships and cities, each with its own local government and representatives. The county is represented in the Michigan House of Representatives by three state legislators and in the State Senate by two state senators. The county also elects a county executive who serves as its chief executive officer. Oakland County has an active political scene, featuring many advocacy groups and organizations dedicated to representing local interests at both the state and federal levels. This includes organizations like Oakland County Citizens for Political Education (OCCPE), which works to engage citizens on issues related to politics, democracy, education, and other civic engagement topics. In addition, there are various party-affiliated groups that are active in advocating on behalf of their respective political philosophies throughout the region. These include Democrats for Oakland County and Republicans for Oakland County. With such a diverse population and political environment, it is no wonder that Oakland County remains an important center of activity for those interested in politics throughout Michigan.
The political climate in 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
Oakland County, MI 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.
Oakland, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Oakland County, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107,741 contributions totaling $19,151,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22,360 contributions totaling $18,670,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $835 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)