The politics of Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 are a reflection of the city itself: diverse and vibrant. It is a heavily Democratic city, with an active voter turnout for local and national elections. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and City Council, who work together to bring improvements and services to the community. Most recently, the City has been focused on projects that will help stimulate growth in its business district, including parking improvements and increased pedestrian safety. With municipal elections taking place every two years, citizens have a chance to make their voices heard in choosing their representatives. Candidates from both major political parties tend to vie for positions on City Council, giving voters the opportunity to choose leaders who share their values.
The political climate in Zip 48127 (Dearborn Heights, 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
Zip 48127 (Dearborn Heights, MI) is strongly liberal.
Dearborn Heights, Michigan 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.
Dearborn Heights, 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 zip 48127 (Dearborn Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 848 contributions totaling $153,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 343 contributions totaling $35,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)