48227 Detroit, MI is located in the heart of the city and is an area that has seen much political change over the years. The area is a mix of residential and commercial properties, with many businesses concentrated along Woodward Avenue and Livernois Avenue. It is represented by Brenda Jones (D) in Congress and Sylvia Santana (D) in the Michigan House of Representatives. In recent years, Detroit has been actively working towards creating more economic opportunity through revitalization projects, legislation, and public-private partnerships. These initiatives are aimed at improving quality of life for Detroit residents while also spurring job creation and business growth. Additionally, 48227 Detroit is part of a larger effort to address poverty and educational disparities across metropolitan Detroit. Residents are actively engaged in efforts to bring resources to their neighborhoods, such as working with local organizations on community development projects like neighborhood cleanups or identifying potential grant funding sources for programs. All these efforts have helped create a strong sense of community pride among the people who call 48227 home.
The political climate in Zip 48227 (Detroit, MI) is very 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 48227 (Detroit, MI) is very liberal.
Detroit, Michigan is very 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.
Detroit, 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 48227 (Detroit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,244 contributions totaling $84,258 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)